Loutrophoros

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Provision of image

Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 32

Artist

The Painter of Berlin 1659

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 565 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.3 m
Rim diameter: 0.111 m
Body diameter: 0.127 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 5, No 4

Description
Bibliography

Loutrophoros-amphora decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found in many fragments in 1957 in the Sanctuary of the Nymphe and was pieced together and restored.

The vase’s neck is decorated with two bands depicting a lion, panthers and a Siren. Similar bands cover the body of the vase portraying pairs of facing Sirens, cocks and panthers. Smaller decorative ornaments, such as rosettes and linear motifs, fill the space between the animals whereas the lower part of the vessel’s body is covered with rays.

Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 91
Παπαδοπούλου-Κανελλοπούλου, Χ., Ιερό της Νύμφης. Μελανόμορφες λουτροφόροι, 1997, Αθήνα, σελ. 18, 21, 113, εικ. 48, αρ. κατ. 247
Winkler, H., Loutrophorie. Ein Hochzeitskult auf attischen Vasenbildern, 1999, Freiburg, σελ. 160, αρ. κατ. 55