Collection Neck Amphora

Neck Amphora

Group E (Workshop of Exekias) Greek, active 560 - 540 BCE
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About the Artwork

Neck Amphora

c. 540 BC

Group E (Workshop of Exekias)

active 560 - 540 BCE

Greek

Unknown

Black-figure ware

height by diameter: 12 x 8 7/8 in. (30.4 x 22.7 cm) diameter of mouth: 14.7 cm diameter of foot: 12.3 cm

Ceramics

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

City of Detroit Purchase

24.14

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

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Graffiti on shoulder of Side A, beneath second horseman from left: Ekhos (see curator's files for reproduction). Graffiti on shoulder Side A of second giant from left: K. Graffiti on shoulder Side A beneath left leg of second giant: khio (see curator's files for reproduction). Graffiti on shoulder Side A beneath third horseman: khio (see curator's files for reproduction). Graffiti on shoulder Side A beneath third giant: KA. Graffiti on shoulder Side B beneath first athlete from left: LIIOMM (see curator's files for reproduction).

Provenance

Berlin, Georg Schwartz (dealer), from whom purchased by the DIA in 1924.

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Published References

Valentiner, W. R., "Greek Vases", Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 6, no. 2, 1924, pp. 10-13, fig. 3.

Madigan, B., Corinthian and Attic Vases in the Detroit Institute of Arts, (Monumenta Graeca et Romana), vol. 12, Leiden/Boston, 2008, pp. 18-20, cat. 26, figs. 30-32 (citing attribution to Group E by H. Mommsen, contra by D. von Bothmer).

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attributed to Group E (Workshop of Exekias), Neck Amphora, c. 540 BC, Black-figure ware. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.14.

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