Red Figure Amphora

1989.09.0022A

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Artifact Identification Red Figure Amphora   (1989.09.0022A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Processing & Preparation T&E
  4. :
  5. Food Storage Equipment
Artist/Maker Saccos Ptr.
Geographic Location
Period/Date Apulian, 4th century BCE
Culture Greek - Apulian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 103 cm
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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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
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Harlan J. and Pamela Berk
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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