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Neck-Amphora with Apollo Playing the Cithara, and Hermes, Athena, and Dionysoscirca 510 B.C.

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Large ancient Greek black-figure terracotta amphora with orange ground, figural scene of robed figures on the body, palmette and lotus neck bands, and two arching handles
Black-figure ceramic amphora with orange ground, two handles, and figural scene depicting robed and armored figures with a horse; neck decorated with lotus-palmette chain and tongue pattern at shoulder and foot.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Neck-Amphora with Apollo Playing the Cithara, and Hermes, Athena, and Dionysos
Place Made
Greece, Attica
Date Made
circa 510 B.C.
Medium
Black-figure ceramic with added red and traces of white
Dimensions
Height: 17 1/2 in. (44.45cm); Diameter: 11 7/16 in. (29.05 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.20
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Coleman, Patrick, ed. The Art of Music. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Clement, Paul A. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 24, no.1 (1955): 1-24.