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© Bruce M. White, 2012.
Black-Figure Amphora Fragment with Herakles and the Lion
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Attributed (Greek, active 530 - 510 BCE)

Black-Figure Amphora Fragment with Herakles and the Lion

AAT Object TechniqueBlack-figure
AAT Object Form/Functionsherds
AAT Object Form/Functionamphorae (storage vessels)
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodArchaic
Dateca. 530 BCE
MediumTerracotta
Credit LineGift of Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer
Dimensions5 x 5 1/16 in. (12.7 x 12.9 cm)
Object number2005.087.004
Exhibition HistoryGreek Vases: Gift of Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer, Michael C. Carlos Museum, May 15 - December 22, 2006
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesJ. Michael Padgett, review of The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases, by Beth Cohen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, March 9, 2007.
E. Anne Mackay, "The Supreme Art of Exekias," in Exekias und seine Welt, ed. Christoph Reusser and Martin Bürge (Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), 31, tafel 12a.
Heide Mommsen, "Nachträge zum Œuvre des Exekias," in Exekias und seine Welt, ed. Christoph Reusser and Martin Bürge (Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), 21, tafel 6.
ProvenanceEx coll. Dietrich von Bothmer (1918-2009), New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art