File:Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) MET GR1029.jpg

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Terracotta aryballos (oil flask), attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic (MET, 62.11.11)

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Amasis Painter: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Amasis Painter    wikidata:Q707682
 
Alternative names
Amasis
Description Greek vase painter
Date of birth/death circa after 569 BC
date QS:P,-0569-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,-0569-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata		 circa 0510s BC
date QS:P,-0510-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Naucratis Edit this at Wikidata Athens Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 560 and circa 515 BC
Work location
Athens Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q707682
Title
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Description
Greek, Attic; Aryballos; Vases; On the handle, Dionysos and two revelers; Upper frieze, horse tamer between onlookers and two wrestlers; Lower frieze, animal combats between onlookers
Date circa 550 B.C.; Archaic
Medium Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions

H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

diameter 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
62.11.11
Credit line Rogers Fund, 1962
Notes The aryballos is connected with the gymnasium and the palaistra (exercise ground). After exercising, men used oil to clean and care for their skin. The subjects here refer to major interests of young Athenians—horses, athletics, and symposia (drinking party).
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255132

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