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Attic Red-Figure Nolan Amphora

Date

about 440 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

A: Nike standing frontally with her head to left and wings outspread. She wears a chiton with double overfall and a sakkos. She holds up the folds of her skirt as she steps forward. B: Himation-clad youth with shoulder-length hair facing right and holding a staff in his outstretched right hand. The amphora has an echinus mouth, ridged handles and an echinus foot with a fillet. Nine broken meanders to left below the figure on A, and six similar meanders on B. Interior glazed to a depth of 7 cm. Adapted from Neer, R., CVA Malibu 7 (1997).

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