Amphora (jar) with a woman and a youth
Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 470-460 BC
Medium: Terracotta, red-figure technique
Dimensions:
height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm)
max. diameter: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
rim diameter: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
foot diameter: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.66
Inscribed: On side A, between the figures: ΚΑΛΛΑΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ
On side B, coming from Nike's mouth: .ΑΛΟΣ
Provenance: with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, by 1983; sold by Summa Galleries, Beverly Hills, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1984; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References
Munzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auktion 63 (29 June 1983) no. 44
Summa Galleries, cat. 6 (Beverly Hills 1984) no. 7
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) pp. 150-1, no. 75
Label Text
Side A: A woman and a youth
Side B: Nike
On the front of this vase, a woman presents a wreath to a victorious youth. Above the woman’s head and the youth’s spear is an inscription that reads, “Kallias is handsome.” (Jessica Powers 2008)
Side B: Nike
On the front of this vase, a woman presents a wreath to a victorious youth. Above the woman’s head and the youth’s spear is an inscription that reads, “Kallias is handsome.” (Jessica Powers 2008)
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