Red Figure Amphora
1989.09.0022A
Detailed Images
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Red Figure Amphora (1989.09.0022A) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | Saccos Ptr. |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Apulian, 4th century BCE |
Culture | Greek - Apulian |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Height) | 103 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Diameter) | 38.5 cm |
Dimension 3 (Diameter) | 26.9 cm |
Weight | 14100 g |
Measuring Remarks | The height includes the wooden base. First diameter is of the body, the second diameter is of the top of the amphora. - JW, 7/17/2006. |
Materials | Pigment--Glaze, Ceramic |
Manufacturing Processes | Painting, Throwing, Glazing, Firing |
Munsell Color Information | waived |
Research Remarks
Published Description | From Trendall p. 354,"Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, World Heritage Museum 89.9.22 Pl. XCIII,1. (a) Above-youth wearing petasos, woman in quadriga, draped woman; below-two women at a fountain-house, in which is an M-handled hydria and a cross bar torch; I., seated with a fan and phiale, r., bending forward with mirror and a handled cista, (b) two women at a stele, l. with mirror and bunch of grapes, r., with "one-leaf "phiale and fillet and a bunch of grapes. Shoulder: white female head in three quarter view to r. in floral setting. Between the two registers on the obverse is a band of animals-cf. Berlin F3239-40 (RVAp.1. p. 490, nos. 18/22-3), comparable to the Tarentine gilded terracotta appliques (R.Lullies, Vergoldete Terrakotta-Appliken). On the neck of the obverse in a panel just below the mouth is a r.f. head of a Nike, with the "trident" hair typical of the later vases of the White Saccos Group. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | PUBLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED IN TRENDALL AND CAMBITOGLOU, SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE RED-FIGURED VASES OF APULIA, PP. 353-4 A NEW AMPHORA ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITE SACCOS PAINTER (RVAP SUPPL. II, 29/J) . Photo: Heritage Spring 1990, p. 5. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Gift of Harlan J. and Pamela Berk |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |