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Amphora (Attic black-figure ware)
540 BCE

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

Artwork Details

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.