Figure Neck Amphora

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE
NECK-AMPHORA of PANATHENAIC SHAPE
Shape and Ornament: Echinus mouth and foot. Ring at junction of shoulder and neck. Interior of neck glazed to halfway down. On the neck, 3 up-and-down palmettes with dots in the interstices, between two lines. Tongue pattern on the shoulder at the junction with the neck. Below the main scene are a thin band, wide band, and rays.
Subject: A, Athena facing left between two columns. She wears a chiton, aegis, high-crested Attic helmet and carries a round shield (device: serpent) on her left arm and wields a spear in her right hand. B, three nude athletes race to the right. The lead runner appears to have sweat pouring off him: 17 tiny, vertical incisions below his torso and left arm and 23 diagonal incisions below his left leg.
Accessory Colors: Red: Fillet. Thin band below each panel which continues around the vase. A, Athena's helmet and crest, dots on her chiton. B, hair of athletes. White: Athena's flesh; shield device.
Dimensions and Condition: H. 0.299 m.; d. body 0.177 m.; d. rim 0.112m.; d. foot 0.09 m. Fine red clay, glossy black glaze which has misfired to red under A/B handle. Rim slightly chipped. Glaze chipped on mouth and handles.
Attributed by Dietrich von Bothmer as close to the Painter of Oxford 218 B (in a letter dated 1/3/78 ). About 500 B.C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 8, 1-2.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 10, Plate 8, 1-2.

Heritage: Friends of the World Heritage Museum. October 1995. Photo, p. 4.

"From Admirers the World Around Gifts to Brundage Enrich Museum,"Illinois Alumni News, September, 1977. Photo.