Inv. n°: MMoCA59

Black-Figure Neck Amphora

Depicting two duelling hoplite warriors over a wounded warrior on one side, and Dionysus and a maenad between two satyrs on the other.

h. 35.9 x Ø 23.5 cm

c. 540 BC

Terracotta

Provenance

  • Ex private collection, Robert Hess, Basel, 1960s
  • Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, March 1989
  • Formerly collection Felix Keller, Herrliberg
  • Cahn Auktionen AG, auction no. 3, Basel, 23rd September 2008, lot 278

Publications

  • J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena : Additions to Attic Black Figure Vase Painters and to Attic Red Figure Vase Painters (2nd Ed.), 1971, p. 196, 8 bis
  • Cahn Auction AG, Auction 3, 19th September 2008, pp. 179-182, lot 278
  • J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 63, fig. 18
  • in M. Merrony (ed.), Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins. La collection Famille Levett, France, 2012, p. 30
  • M. Burns, Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, March/April 2012, vol. XXIII, no. 2., p.26, no. 4

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Musée National du Sport, Nice, France, August 2016 — December 2016
  • Victoires, Musée National du Sport, Nice, France, 6th April 2023 — 17th September 2023

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