CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

AMPHORAE, KRATERS, AND HYDRIA




EC.53.08

Culture: Apulian

Item: Hydria

Date: c. 330-310 BCE

Description: Red-figure decoration. Of typical form, with an ionic naiskos on the front and a secondary decoration of palmettes on the back. Within the naiskos, a kalathos is flanked by two yarn balls above and two leaning patera (dishes) below. An alabastron is placed on top of the kalathos. Design heightened by added white and yellow paint.

Dimensions:
h: 11 1/2 in. (29.9 cm)
d: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

EC.53.34

Culture: Etruscan

Item: Amphora

Date: 675-600 BCE

Description: Bucchero sottile ribbon-handled amphora decorated with an incised double spiral surmounted by a water fowl on both sides, and a row of incised vertical dotted fans on the neck. The shape and decoration of this amphora correspond to Rasmussen's Type 1a Amphora (T. B. Rasmussen, Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria [Cambridge 1979] 69, 163 n. 2).

Dimensions:
h: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
d: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

EC.53.51

Culture: Etruscan (Faliscan)

Item: Neck amphora

Date: Second half of the 4th century BCE

Description: Red-figure decoration. Dense design of palmettes on neck and beneath handles (cf. J.D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting, 1947, p. 150, no.3, Vienna 449).
Side A: A nude Lasa bends toward a swan.
Side B: Standing winged Eros holding a staff.

Dimensions:
h: 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
d: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

� 1998 Bock Studio, Ripon, WI
EC.53.53

Culture: Etruscan (Faliscan)

Item: Volute krater

Date: c. 330-310 BCE

Description: Red-figure decoration. Two heads surrounded by palmettes; leaf pattern on neck. Very rare form.

Dimensions:
h: 14 1/8 in. (35.3 cm)
d: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

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