Red Figure Bail-Amphora
1922.01.0156
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Red Figure Bail-Amphora (1922.01.0156) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Cassandra Painter |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Hellenistic, 350– 300 BCE |
| Culture | South Italian Greek |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Height) | 28.8 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Diameter) | 10.5 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Diameter) | 9.5 cm |
| Weight | 537 g |
| Measuring Remarks | D1 includes the handle. The height without the handle is 24.2 cm. D2 is the body diameter. D3 is the rim diamter. The foot diameter is 6.9 cm. |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing, Handbuilding |
| Munsell Color Information | Black ( N 2.5) -ns Dark Orange Yellow ( 7.5 Y R 6/6) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BAIL-AMPHORA: Shape and Ornament: Torus mouth, round handle with oblique grooves and knob on top, flaring foot. On neck, elongated tongues. Scrolls and band on shoulder. On body, full palmettes on either side, reserved band below figured scenes. Glaze stops inside neck. Subject: A, Woman's head, seen in profile facing left. She wears a patterned sakkos, stephane, necklace, and earring with triple dots. B, Standing youth, facing left with spear in his right hand and cloak on his left arm. Relief contour for cloak, genitals, features of youth. Dilute glaze for sakkos details, eyebrow on A; youth's sandals on B. Accessory Colors: Yellow: A, stephane, earring, necklace, and ribbon. B, headdress, jewelry, and sandals. Ex A. Preyss Collection, Munich. Attributed to a sub-group of the Cassandra Painter by AD.Trendall (in a letter dated 8/3/79). Mid-fourth century B.C. --Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 54, 1-2 |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Bail-amphora, Philadelphia 31.36.18 (Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, 1967. P. 299, no. 18, pl. 90:5). |
| Bibliography | Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 43, Plate 54, 1-2. Beazley, LCS, p. 226, no. 2 (3). |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection |
| Reproduction | No |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |