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MM 1976:011 :: amphora

Object description: Thickened, rounded rim; tall, splaying neck; tall, ovoid body; vertical band handles with extra rolls on each side from upper neck to shoulder; moulded ring base. Yellowish to light brown clay; semilustrous, black paint, largely misfired to brown or red; added white paint. Plastic decoration: one snake with modelled head curling on one side of rim, one on each handle and one on each side of shoulder. Inside of rim encircled by three bands; snake on outside of rim painted with white dots; below snake, on rim, seven opposed triangles; zigzag line encircling rim; on both sides of neck a panel with hatched meander, framed by triple lines; on both sides of neck large panel with warriors (four on front side, on back side three plus a fourth figure without shield or spears, with only a shield and a sword), facing right, with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each and circular framed shields covering their upper bodies - opposed triangles, sigmas and W’s, piled M’s, crosses and wavy lines as filling ornaments; below figured panel three-tiered, dotted lozenge pattern framed by triple lines; snakes on handles painted, white dots; horizontal strokes framed by vertical lines on rolls of handles; on each side of snake on handles opposed, cross-hatched, framed triangles; snakes on shoulder painted, white dots; above and below snake cross-hatched, opposing framed triangles; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines; on belly frieze with warriors with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each, large circular, framed shields alternating with one-wheeled chariots drawn by a single horse and driven by an unarmed figure - W’s, wavy lines, opposed triangles, birds, piled zigzag lines, cross-hatched lozenges and crosses as filling ornaments; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines as above; on lower body frieze with bulls, facing right - zigzag lines, opposed triangles and sigmas as filling ornaments; below bull frieze horizontal bands and zone with vertical strokes; base painted.

Data elements
References (11)

Inventory number

MM 1976:011

Serie nummer

722

Object

amphora

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Region - Findspot

Attica

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Museum of Contemporary Art, Stockholm, November 22, 1996 - May 20, 1997.

Acquisition

Purchased from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, with the intermidiary of H.-Å. Wellin for the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Vitterhetsakademien), with means donated by a private fund. The Danish museum had purchased the amphora on the London antique market, where it had been placed by a private British collector.

Description

Thickened, rounded rim; tall, splaying neck; tall, ovoid body; vertical band handles with extra rolls on each side from upper neck to shoulder; moulded ring base. Yellowish to light brown clay; semilustrous, black paint, largely misfired to brown or red; added white paint. Plastic decoration: one snake with modelled head curling on one side of rim, one on each handle and one on each side of shoulder. Inside of rim encircled by three bands; snake on outside of rim painted with white dots; below snake, on rim, seven opposed triangles; zigzag line encircling rim; on both sides of neck a panel with hatched meander, framed by triple lines; on both sides of neck large panel with warriors (four on front side, on back side three plus a fourth figure without shield or spears, with only a shield and a sword), facing right, with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each and circular framed shields covering their upper bodies - opposed triangles, sigmas and W’s, piled M’s, crosses and wavy lines as filling ornaments; below figured panel three-tiered, dotted lozenge pattern framed by triple lines; snakes on handles painted, white dots; horizontal strokes framed by vertical lines on rolls of handles; on each side of snake on handles opposed, cross-hatched, framed triangles; snakes on shoulder painted, white dots; above and below snake cross-hatched, opposing framed triangles; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines; on belly frieze with warriors with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each, large circular, framed shields alternating with one-wheeled chariots drawn by a single horse and driven by an unarmed figure - W’s, wavy lines, opposed triangles, birds, piled zigzag lines, cross-hatched lozenges and crosses as filling ornaments; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines as above; on lower body frieze with bulls, facing right - zigzag lines, opposed triangles and sigmas as filling ornaments; below bull frieze horizontal bands and zone with vertical strokes; base painted.

Period

Late Geometric

Exhibition - Previously

Room 10, 1989-2008

Description: Room 10, Central hall, permanent exhibition. There have been some small changes during the years.
In 2006 the multiculture showcase was installed and the two other showcases were painted.
Time - Start: 19891989
Time - End: 20082008

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Room 10 - Showcase 10:09. växt

Keyword

ceramics

Cf Publications

Workshop of Athens 894, Stockholm Painter.

Publications

B. Wells, ‘A Late Geometric amphora by the Stockholm Painter’, MedMusB 15, 1980, 50-58. CVA Stockholm 2, pl.6:1-4, fig.31. Medelhavsmuseet. En introduktion (Museum catalogue), Stockholm 1982, 180.

PhotoNegNo

MM neg 5089-92; 6077-78. F dia 70. 75A (to the right); 66A; 70-74A; 107-108G.

Pottery Ware

Late Geometric IIb

Reference - Published in

Medelhavsmuseet: en introduktion. (1982)

Source - http: libris.kb.se, books.google.se, archive.org

Wells, Berit (1980) "A Late Geometric Amphora by the Stockholm Painter" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 15 (1980) p. 50-58.

Source - http: books.google.se, libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

73 cm

Diameter

c,25,0 cm; 12,6 cm

Dimensions

H 73.0. Ø of rim c.25.0. Ø of base 12.6.

Condition

Mended. Lacunae filled in with plaster. Almost all paint gone on one side (back), almost none on the other.

Conservation - Executed

New mending and reconstruction. C. Bohm, RIK, February 1980.

Original register

GreekRoman

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