Campanian Red-Figure Neck Amphora, Circa 380 B.C

A Campanian red-figure neck amphora, attributed to near the…
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A Campanian red-figure neck amphora, attributed to near the Chequer and Dirce Painters, circa 380 B.C. side a depicting a nude male youth to the left, leaning on a stele and wearing a radiate stephane, facing a draped female figure holding a ribbon to the right, at the centre a goose, with a quartered circle in the field side B depicting a Trojan war scene, with a helmeted Achilles fighting a Trojan at the left, Penthesilea attacking a fallen nude warrior at the right, with the bust of an archer and foliate sprigs in the field each scene enlivened with added paint, with a heavily decorated neck and shoulders in bands of decoration, wave pattern baseline, incised plaiting on the handles, elsewhere reserved, (losses to surface), 39.5 cm high Exhibited: Melbourne, University of Melbourne March 1988-July 2003; Melbourne, Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities (Monash University) November 2005 - April 2008 Provenance: ex Graham Geddes collection; ex Amati collection, mid 1970s

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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