Hunter and dog
- Title
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Hunter and dog
- Repository
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British Museum
- Alternative
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Olpe
Vase B52
- Creator
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Amasis Painter
- Photographer
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Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
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attributed to Amasis Painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 560-ca. 515 BCE)
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured olpe (jug). The handles have a metallic form. Design in black on a red panel on the right side of the handle, with a border of lotus-buds along the top; accessories of white and purple. A hunter to right, bearded, with pilos and short embroidered chiton, holding stick over left shoulder, from which hang a fox and a hare tied by the forepaws; by his side is a dog to right. On either side facing him is a bearded figure in an embroidered himation with purple lining, holding a staff; the one on the left wears a fillet. --The British Museum
- View
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Front
- Coverage
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Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Rhodes, Aegean Islands, Greece (discovery)
- Temporal
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ca. 550-530 BCE
- Subject
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Amasis Painter
Black Figure
Pottery III
- Style Period
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Black-figure
Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
- Work Type
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olpai
- Date
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-0550/-0530
- Identifier
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Lowenstam_VRC_05325
- Item Locator
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Box 12, Section 10
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
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Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Measurements
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Height: 26 cm Width: 13.5 cm Weight: 584 g
- Material
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pottery | painted; incised
- Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Cultural Context
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Attic (culture)
- Id Current Repository
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1867,0506.38