An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora

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This is an ancient Greek pottery vessel from Athens, created using the black-figure technique where figures are painted in black silhouette against the red clay ground. Such amphorae were used for storing and transporting wine or oil during the Archaic and Classical periods.

Amphora Archaic Period Black-figure Pottery Ancient Greek Ceramic Art Attic Ware Vessel Ancient Greece Black-Figure Technique Attic Black-figured Pottery 5th Century B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, circa 520-500 B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, circa 500-490 B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, attributed to the Manner of the Antimenes Painter, circa 530-510 B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, attributed to the Edinburgh Painter, circa 500-490 B.C.

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