1960.311: Neck Amphora (storage jar): Two Warriors; Man Between Two Sphinxes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.311

People

The Painter of Vatican 309, Greek (active c. 560 BCE - 540 BCE)

Title

Neck Amphora (storage jar): Two Warriors; Man Between Two Sphinxes

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 570-550 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Vulci (Etruria)

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/288391

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Black-figure

Dimensions

27.4 x 26.7 cm (10 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #350378

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.311

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Side A: two warriors between two "penguin figures" (spectators). Side B: man between two sphinxes. Mended and restored.

Publication History

• David Moore Robinson, "Unpublished Greek Vases in the Robinson Collection", American Journal of Archaeology (Jan., 1956), vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-25, pp. 4-5, no. 6, pl. 3, fig. 18-19
• Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 8, Sphinx (S) 195.

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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