Black-figure neck-amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)

attributed to the workshop of the, Gorgon Painter (Artist)

ca. 600–580 BC
Greek (Attic)
Ceramics
Containers-Vessels
terracotta
Overall: 17 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (45.09 × 29.85 cm)
62.1.10
Early Athenian black-figure artists developed many techniques that distinguished their work from the older Corinthian tradition. One of these techniques was to place figures in a reserved panel on a black background.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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