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Pelike (Apulian red-figure ware)
420 BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
31.4 × 25.3 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
© Public Domain

Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Apulia, Italy

Inscription
inscribed on Side A figured scene in Greek script: TELAMON and ANDROMACHE

Accession Number
1391-D5

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Two-handled, stout-bodied jar with a short neck and wide mouth. Decorated in red-figure on black-glaze. Side A: an Amazonomachy scene, with a naked Telamon on the left attacking Andromache on her horse, with a fleeing Amazon to the right. Side B: three draped men, the centre one bearded, the others youthful. On the neck is a band of diagonal palmettes, carefully executed. Below the scenes is a band of meander and saltire crosses.