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Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Lid, A Shape
Unknown550–520 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Pomegranante knob (solid), reserved, with one glaze band on the finial and another encircling the knob. Faint ridge at the junction of knob and dome. On the dome, four concentric glazed circles, and on the brim, a wreath of dot-ivy, the vine painted as a dilute glaze line. A red stripe decorates the vertical edge of the lid. The reserved underside is flanged.
After Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).
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Details
- Title: Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Lid, A Shape
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 550–520 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 6.3 × 17.8 cm (2 1/2 × 7 in.)
- Type: Neck Amphora / Lid
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.AE.105
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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