An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, attributed to the Manner of the Antimenes Painter, circa 530-510 B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora

attributed to the Manner of the Antimenes Painter, circa 530-510 B.C.

with torus foot, echinus mouth, and triple handles, painted in front with a warrior’s departure, the charioteer wearing a long chiton and carrying a goad, the departing hoplite with high-crested helmet of Corinthian type and brandishing a shield and spear, the crest overlapping with the tongues of the shoulder, his wife or mother standing with her hand raised in a gesture of mourning, an attendant sitting and holding a staff, and in front with the death of a warrior, the defeated on one knee and defending over his shoulder, his opponent advancing with spear raised, rays, linked lotus buds, and meander above the foot, palmettes in the handle zones, tongues on the shoulder, lotus-palmette chain on the neck, the details in added red and white.

Height 37.5 cm.