An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, circa 520-500 B.C. with disk foot, triple handles, and echinus mouth, the body painted on one side with Ajax in full armor holding a sword and attempting to seize Kassandra as she seeks refuge at a statue of Athena Promachos, the goddess's shield emblazoned with a dolphin, the other side decorated with a figure of Dionysos flanked by a maenad and satyr, a dotted vine in the background; rays above the foot, linked lotus buds below the scenes, palmettes linked by tendrils in the handle zones, linked double palmettes on the neck, the details in added red and white, a graffito under the foot. Height 11 3/4 in. 29.8 cm.
An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, circa 520-500 B.C. with disk foot, triple handles, and echinus mouth, the body painted on one side with Ajax in full armor holding a sword and attempting to seize Kassandra as she seeks refuge at a statue of Athena Promachos, the goddess's shield emblazoned with a dolphin, the other side decorated with a figure of Dionysos flanked by a maenad and satyr, a dotted vine in the background; rays above the foot, linked lotus buds below the scenes, palmettes linked by tendrils in the handle zones, linked double palmettes on the neck, the details in added red and white, a graffito under the foot. Height 11 3/4 in. 29.8 cm.
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