Hunter and dog

Title
Hunter and dog
Repository
British Museum
Alternative
Olpe Vase B52
Creator
Amasis Painter
Photographer
Lowenstam, Steven
Creator Display
attributed to Amasis Painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 560-ca. 515 BCE)
Description
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
Front
Coverage
Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation) Rhodes, Aegean Islands, Greece (discovery)
Temporal
ca. 550-530 BCE
Subject
Amasis Painter Black Figure Pottery III
Style Period
Black-figure Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
Work Type
olpai
Date
-0550/-0530
Identifier
Lowenstam_VRC_05325
Item Locator
Box 12, Section 10
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Local Collection Name
Steven Lowenstam Collection
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
Height: 26 cm Width: 13.5 cm Weight: 584 g
Material
pottery | painted; incised
Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Primary Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Institution
University of Oregon
Cultural Context
Attic (culture)
Id Current Repository
1867,0506.38