Amphora (Attic geometric black-figure ware)
900 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
36.4 × 23.9 × 21.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1980
© Public Domain
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This early amphora, or large two-handled storage vessel, illustrates the transition between two styles in Greek pottery: the Proto-Geometric style and the first stage of the Early Geometric style. The neck is decorated with a dogtooth pattern, and the shoulder with alternating groups of diagonal strokes and solid triangles. These patterns occur commonly on Proto-Geometric vases and linger on into the Early Geometric style.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece
Accession Number
D67-1980
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Small amphora with an ovoid body passing smoothly into the neck, which flares out to a wide mouth. The two short loop handles are on the shoulder (shoulder-handled amphora). Decorated mainly in black glaze. On the neck is a dog-tooth pattern band between concentric lines. On the shoulder is a pattern band of alternating diagonal strokes and solid triangles, between concentric lines. On the lower body is a reserved band with three parallel lines.