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Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel)

525–500 BC

Greek, Attic

Ceramic

Overall: 41.4 cm (16 5/16 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1923.644

Location

102B Greek

Fun Fact

The shape of this amphora mimics those of larger, figured prize vases.

Description

The narrow neck and base of amphorae of this shape probably derive from vessels used to transport oil and wine long distances. Here, the painted decoration accentuates the shape, with simple rays at the base, tongues on the shoulder, and a double lotus-and-palmette chain on the neck. Added red rings separate these patterns, with black gloss covering most of the exterior; only the upper surface of the mouth is reserved. Similarly shaped vases decorated with Athena on the front and athletic or equestrian scenes on the back were filled with Athenian olive oil and awarded as prizes to victors in the Panathenaic games.

Provenance
?-1923
Paul Gottschalk, Brelin, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1923-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 1497 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
R. H. "Recent Accessions of Greek Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 10, no. 10 (1923): 178-91. www.jstor.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 62 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 75 archive.org
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971. p. 7, Plate 9-3
Allentown Art Museum, Gloria Ferrari, and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway. Aspects of Ancient Greece: An Exhibition Organized by the Allentown Art Museum with the Cooperation of Gloria Ferrari Pinney and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway ... Allentown Art Museum, September 16 Through December 30, 1979. [Allentown, Pa.]: The Museum, 1979. pp. 46-47, No. 20
Neils, Jenifer. Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens : [Exhibition]. Hanover, N.H.: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1992. Pp. 38, 188, cat. 63.
Exhibition history

Ancient Art of Greece and Rome. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (organizer) (September 16-December 29, 1979).

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