Object class: Amphorae (storage vessels) / Collection place: Naples, Campania, Southern Italy / Culture or time period: Classical Civilizations - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Amphorae (storage vessels) Collection place Naples, Campania, Southern Italy Culture or time period Classical Civilizations

Hearst Museum object titled Amphora type a, accession number 8-60, described as Attic black-figure amphora type B; A, Achilles pursuing Troilos; at left, Athena; at right, Polyxena; her hydria has dropped but not broken; B, departure of warriors with chariot; at right, mantled figure; beneath horses, small mantled figure - a child (?); above each scene, lotus palmette frieze; at base, rays. height 45.7; diameter 30.7 cm. Vessel features Homeric epic scene.

Hearst Museum object titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-201, described as Etruscan black-figure neck-amphora; bifid handles; foot flaring with rolled edge; in fields on body, A, bull; B, cow; white dappling; on brim, coarse ivy leaves and dots; on neck, double leaves or petals with median rings; on shoulder, zigzag, below thin crossed and dotted squares in the bends of an embattled line. H. 21.0; D. 14.5 cm Add'tl comments: Orientalizing/Geometric decoration along the shoulder of the amphora; spots on cow reminiscent of Egyptianinzing motif. Not a prefect firing as the ceramic leans slightly to one side on the axis of the foot.