Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
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Perseus, Hermes, Gorgon

Alternative Title
  • Olpe
  • Vase B471
  • Old Catalogue 641
Creator Display
  • Amasis (Attic potter, active ca. 560-515 BCE); attributed to Amasis Painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 560-ca. 515 BCE)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • -0550/-0530
Description
  • Pottery: black-figured olpe (jug). Grooved handle. Design in black on a red panel, with lotus and honeysuckle pattern along the top; accessories of white and purple. Perseus slaying Medusa: On the left is Perseus to right, looking back, beardless, with petasos, short embroidered chiton, over which is the skin of a deer, endromides, and the kibisis (sack) slung at his back; he grasps Medusa round the neck with left hand, and with right plunges his sword into her neck in front. Medusa moves away to right, in the archaic running attitude, with face turned to the front, of the usual Gorgon type, with short curls in front and protruding tusks and tongue; on the lower lip is a fringe of hair, and two snakes rise from her head on either side; she has a short purple chiton, over which is a stippled skin, with two snakes knotted round the waist, their heads confronted; also endromides, and two pairs of wings, outspread, the upper ones recurved. On the right is Hermes to left, bearded, with petasos, short embroidered chiton, fringed chlamys, endromides, and caduceus in left hand. Down the left side of the panel, an inscription. --The British Museum
  • A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
View
  • Front
Temporal
  • ca. 550-530 BCE
Coverage
  • Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Inscription
  • Inscription Type: inscription Inscription Script: Greek Inscription Position: Left side Inscription Language: Greek Inscription Content: AMAΣIΣMEΠOIEΣEN,
Keyword
  • Amasis Painter
  • Black Figure
  • Pottery III
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • pottery | painted; incised
Measurements
  • Height: 25.5 cm Width: 14.5 cm Weight: 583 g
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_05326
Item Locator
  • Box 12, Section 10
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 1849,0620.5
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
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APA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Perseus, Hermes, Gorgon Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691865t

MLA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Perseus, Hermes, Gorgon" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691865t

Chicago

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Perseus, Hermes, Gorgon" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691865t

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