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Attic Black-Figure Amphora (Tyrrhenian)

Castellani Painter560–555 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Black-figure Tyrrhenian amphora that has been restored from fragments. One handle is missing. The rim is painted black, with two red bands within and on the outer edge. The neck has a lotus and palmette pattern. The shoulder has a pattern of alternating red and black tongues. The main frieze on side A is decorated with five figures: a female dancing to the left, looking back; a ithyphallic satyr facing right, holding shoulder of a female, facing right, with a wreath in her left hand; a satyr with a red-painted torso and large flaccid phallus, running to the right, towards a krater; and a satyr with red hair and a beard standing on the right side of the krater, facing left. Side B has only one extant fragment of a warrior facing right. The lower friezes include: two bands of dots; lotus and palmette frieze; animal frieze with a goose, rams, felines, lion attacking deer; another animal frieze with felines, a lion, a ram, a deer; and rays at the base.

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  • Title: Attic Black-Figure Amphora (Tyrrhenian)
  • Creator: Castellani Painter
  • Date Created: 560–555 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 43 × 16.5 cm (16 15/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
  • Type: Amphora
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 76.AE.87
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Gordon McLendon
  • Creator Display Name: Castellani Painter (Greek (Attic))
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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