Black figured Amphora

Exact museum reproduction of a fine ancient Greek black figured
neck Amphora. (more information on Black figure pottery…)

Our Greek pottery items are handmade in Greece in a small family
workshop using natural quality materials, superb craftsmanship and
attention to detail. They are licensed and modeled after museum
pieces from all over the world and bear the lead seal of authenticity.

This amphora features on one side Achilles killing the Queen of the
Amazons, Penthesilea. Penthesilea is down already pierced by Achilles’
spear. Note the conventional use of white for female flesh.
(find out more about Achilles…)

Reverse side, Dionysus holding his kantharos and ivy branches with
his son Oinopion, who holds the wine jug. Oinopion is naked, with
sparing but flowing incision indicating anatomical details.
(find out more about Dionysus…)
About 530 BC. British Museum, London.

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