Amphora (jar) with lions and roosters
Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 560-550 B.C.
Dimensions:
height: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
max. diam.: 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
rim diam.: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
foot diam.: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.37
Provenance: sold by J. J. Klejmann (1906-1995), New York, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1973; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picon, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) p. 84, no. 38
Label Text
The artist to whom this vase is attributed (the Painter of Vatican 309) was a close companion of Lydos, a major mid-sixth century B.C. artist. The workshop in which they decorated their vases was prolific, and included the last group of Attic artists who painted large vases solely in the animal style. (G. D. Scott, III, 2002)
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