Attic Panathenaic Amphora
- Date
- 375/370 BC
- Medium
- Clay
- Dimensions
-
Vessel: 28 x 15 1/4 in. diam. ( 71.1 x 38.7 cm)
Total with lid: 33 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. diam. ( 85.7 X 38.7 cm)
- Department
- Greco-Roman and Ancient European
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Credit
- Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
- Accession No.
- 50.193.A
- Provenance
- As found at Cyrene;
Boston & Rome, collection Richard Norton (loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1909--Loan #MFA 368.09 Norton);
New York, Charles L. Morley (dealer) from whom purchased by the DIA in 1950.
- Keywords
-
black-figure, clay, incised, slip, earthenware, vessel, mythology, amphora
Published References
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Beazley, J. D., ¦Attic Black-figure Vase Painters,¦ Oxford, 1956, p. 412, no. 3
(attribution to Asteios Group).
Cummings, F. J., and Elam, C. H. (eds.), Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, ¦DIA Handbook,¦ Detroit, 1971, pp. 10, 33.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections", Dec. 2, 1979 - Feb. 24, 1980, pp. 222-223, cat. 125 (exh. organized by W. G. Moon and L. Berge).
Eschbach, N., ¦Statuen auf Panathenäischen Preisamphoren des 4. Jhs v. Chr.,¦ Mainz, 1986, p. 19, cat. 21, pl. 5, nos. 1-2, figs. 9,10.
Meyer, M., "Review of ¦Statuen auf Panathenäischen Preisamphoren des 4. Jhr. v. Chr.¦ by N. Eschbach", ¦Gnomen¦, vol. 59, 1987, pp. 142-145, esp. p. 143.
Carpenter, T.H., Mannack T., and Mendonça, M., ¦Beazley Addenda: Additional References to Attic Black-figure Vase Painters...¦, Oxford, 1989, p. 107.
Valvanis, P. "La proclemation des vainquers aux Panatheénées," ¦Bulletin de correspondance hellénique¦, 1990, vol 114, p. 329, n 10 (article pp 325-59).
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Hamilton, R., "Panathenaic Amphoras: The Other Side," in J. Neils, ed., ¦Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon,¦ Madison, 1996, pp. 152-53.
Bentz, M., "Panathenäische Preisamphoren, ¦Antike Kunst¦ Beiheft 18 (supplement), 1998, p. 167.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the
Olympic Spirit," 2004, p. 172, cat. 26, p.172, (not in exhibition).
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