Medium
		earthenware
Measurements
		54.8 × 36.2 cm diameter
Credit Line
			National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1957
© Public Domain
					
					
					
Gallery location
		18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
Place/s of Execution
		Attica, Greece
Accession Number
		1729-D4
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
		Large belly amphora decorated with black-glaze and black-figure panels. Side A: Ajax strides to the left carrying the limp body of Achilles, flanked by warriors to the left and right. Side B: A wedding procession, with the bride and groom in a chariot, Hermes at the heads of the horses, Dionysus to the left and maidens carrying gifts. Above the panels is a lotus/palmette chain; rays from the base. The handles are decorated with ivy leaves on the edges.