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Vase

ca. 525 BC (made)
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Place of origin

Vase, Hyria, red earthenware, decorated in the black figure technique, with a panel on the front reserved in red and painted in black, purple and white, with incised outlines. The middle of the panel is painted with the subject of Athenè mounting a four-horse chariot, escorted by Dionysus, Apollo Kitharoedos, Artemis and Hermes. Above, on the shoulder, is a procession of armed warriors, with an archer, a woman, and a four-horse chariot, preceded by Hermes and Poseidon; below is Heracles killing the Nemean lion, with Iolaos on one side and Athenè on the other, flanked by other figures two of which are seated on folding chairs (ocladiai). The shoulder is edged with a band of meander pattern and on either side of the large panel is a double vertical band of palmettes alternating with lotus-buds. Round the lower part of the body is a row of pointed leaves. Figured in Gerhard, Auserlesene Griechische Vasenbilder, II. Theil, Tafel 138.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware decorated in the black figure technique
Brief description
Vase, Hyria, red earthenware with black-figure decoration showing the goddess Athena mounting a chariot, escorted by Dionysos, Apollo, Artemis and Hermes; found at Vulci in Etruria, painted by the 'Antimenes Painter', made in Attica, Greece, about 525 BC.
Physical description
Vase, Hyria, red earthenware, decorated in the black figure technique, with a panel on the front reserved in red and painted in black, purple and white, with incised outlines. The middle of the panel is painted with the subject of Athenè mounting a four-horse chariot, escorted by Dionysus, Apollo Kitharoedos, Artemis and Hermes. Above, on the shoulder, is a procession of armed warriors, with an archer, a woman, and a four-horse chariot, preceded by Hermes and Poseidon; below is Heracles killing the Nemean lion, with Iolaos on one side and Athenè on the other, flanked by other figures two of which are seated on folding chairs (ocladiai). The shoulder is edged with a band of meander pattern and on either side of the large panel is a double vertical band of palmettes alternating with lotus-buds. Round the lower part of the body is a row of pointed leaves. Figured in Gerhard, Auserlesene Griechische Vasenbilder, II. Theil, Tafel 138.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.6cm
  • Width: 43.5cm
Styles
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Made in Attica. Found at Vulci in Etruria in Italy.
Production
Made in Attica. Found at Vulci in Etruria, Italy.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4795-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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