Amphora
Artist: The Baltimore Painter (Greek)
Date: about 330-320 BCE
Dimensions:
H (without restored foot): 32 5/8 in. (82.9 cm); H (with restored foot): 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm); Max Diam: 17 22/32 in. (45.0 cm); Diam (rim): 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Medium: earthenware
Place of Origin: Greece, South Italy, Apulia
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1977.46
Label Text:In a naiskos (small tomb shrine), a woman and her handmaiden bid farewell to a man seated on a stool. Two maidens and two youths hold grave offerings of a wreath, mirrors, a branch, a staff, a phiale (dish) and fillets (headbands). On the reverse, in another naiskos, a flower blooms from an acanthus plant. A maiden and a youth offer a vessel of scented oil, a bunch of grapes, a phiale with flowers, a fan, a fillet, and a branch.
This amphora was painted by the Baltimore Painter, an unknown artist who was the last important vase painter in ancient Apulia in the late 4th century BCE. The name given to him by scholars derives from a vase held at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. His work is characterized by rich and exacting detail.
This amphora was painted by the Baltimore Painter, an unknown artist who was the last important vase painter in ancient Apulia in the late 4th century BCE. The name given to him by scholars derives from a vase held at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. His work is characterized by rich and exacting detail.
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