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Room with three-dimensional approximations of Greek vases in the British M...
Overview: side B
Side A: olive harvesting
Overview: side A
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Three-dimensional approximation of the vase
Side B: Herakles and Pholos
| Collection: | London, British Museum |
| Summary: | Side A: olive-picking. Side B: Herakles and Pholos. |
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Antimenes Painter |
| Context: | From Vulci |
| Date: | ca. 530 BC - ca. 510 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.404 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Neck amphora |
| Beazley Number: | 320127 |
| Region: | Etruria |
| Period: | Archaic |
Decoration Description:
Side A: olive harvesting. Three olive trees. A youth climbs the center tree and shakes its branches to harvest the olives. Two other men beat the branches with sticks from below. The olives fall to the ground, where they are collected by a youth with a basket.
Side B: Herakles and centaur Pholos. Pholos, on the left, holds a large bough from which hang a hare, a fox and a bird, and lays his hand on Herakles' hand. Herakles wears a short embroidered chiton, a sword and a quiver, and holds his club over his left shoulder, from which his lionskin hangs. Hermes is seated behind Herakles, wearing a chlamys, a petasos, winged boots and holding his caduceus. A deer stands next to Pholos.
Shape Description:
Neck amphora.
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