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Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 36 Joined Fragments)

Date

about 510 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Reconstructed from multiple fragments, preserving around a third of the body and a small part of the neck. On side A, bearded man and woman in chariot facing right. Both wear himatia (decorated with added red), the woman holding a fold of her drapery before her head. The man holds the reins and a goad. Of the four horses, tails and heads (added red) are preserved. Behind the horses are the head and shoulders of a youth holding a kithara (added white). On what survives of side B, one leg and part of the body of a satyr. Lotus-palmette pattern under the handle. Interior undecorated. On the neck, lotus and palmette chain, with a red band below. Alternating black and red tongues on the shoulder. Under the ground line, two horizontal lines, and a third above a band of interlaced upright lotus buds. Two further lines below, and rays towards the base. Joins to 81.AE.200.3.i and 81.AE.200.3.h.

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