Neck Amphora (storage vessel): Maenad Riding a Bull and Herakles Fighting the Acheloos
Artist: The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group (Greek)
Date: about 510-500 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 13 in. (33 cm); Diam (mouth): 6 5/32 in. (15.6 cm); Diam (body): 8 9/16 in. (21. 7 cm); Diam (foot): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Medium: Black figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details
Place of Origin: Greece, from Attica
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1952.65
DescriptionFront: a maenad riding a bull.
Back: Herakles fighting the centaur Acheloos.
Back: Herakles fighting the centaur Acheloos.
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