Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Late Geometric
ceramics
amphora
1.3.0 2026-08-02 amphora Rådata 3100344 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100344 MM 1976:011 Thickened, rounded rim; tall, splaying neck; tall, ovoid body; vertical band handles with extra rolls on each side from upper neck to shoulder; moulded ring base. Yellowish to light brown clay; semilustrous, black paint, largely misfired to brown or red; added white paint. Plastic decoration: one snake with modelled head curling on one side of rim, one on each handle and one on each side of shoulder. Inside of rim encircled by three bands; snake on outside of rim painted with white dots; below snake, on rim, seven opposed triangles; zigzag line encircling rim; on both sides of neck a panel with hatched meander, framed by triple lines; on both sides of neck large panel with warriors (four on front side, on back side three plus a fourth figure without shield or spears, with only a shield and a sword), facing right, with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each and circular framed shields covering their upper bodies - opposed triangles, sigmas and W’s, piled M’s, crosses and wavy lines as filling ornaments; below figured panel three-tiered, dotted lozenge pattern framed by triple lines; snakes on handles painted, white dots; horizontal strokes framed by vertical lines on rolls of handles; on each side of snake on handles opposed, cross-hatched, framed triangles; snakes on shoulder painted, white dots; above and below snake cross-hatched, opposing framed triangles; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines; on belly frieze with warriors with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each, large circular, framed shields alternating with one-wheeled chariots drawn by a single horse and driven by an unarmed figure - W’s, wavy lines, opposed triangles, birds, piled zigzag lines, cross-hatched lozenges and crosses as filling ornaments; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines as above; on lower body frieze with bulls, facing right - zigzag lines, opposed triangles and sigmas as filling ornaments; below bull frieze horizontal bands and zone with vertical strokes; base painted. MM 1976:011, Purchased from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, with the intermidiary of H.-Å. Wellin for the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Vitterhetsakademien), with means donated by a private fund. The Danish museum had purchased the amphora on the London antique market, where it had been placed by a private British collector., Mended. Lacunae filled in with plaster. Almost all paint gone on one side (back), almost none on the other., New mending and reconstruction. C. Bohm, RIK, February 1980., H 73.0. Ø of rim c.25.0. Ø of base 12.6., Museum of Contemporary Art, Stockholm, November 22, 1996 - May 20, 1997., Workshop of Athens 894, Stockholm Painter., B. Wells, ‘A Late Geometric amphora by the Stockholm Painter’, MedMusB 15, 1980, 50-58. CVA Stockholm 2, pl.6:1-4, fig.31. Medelhavsmuseet. En introduktion (Museum catalogue), Stockholm 1982, 180., Late Geometric IIb, Room 10, 1989-2008, Greece, Room 10 - Showcase 10:09. växt, Medelhavsmuseet: en introduktion. (1982), Wells, Berit (1980) "A Late Geometric Amphora by the Stockholm Painter" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 15 (1980) p. 50-58. Brukad Late Geometric Funnen Europa, Grekland, Attica image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773569/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773570/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773575/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773576/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773578/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773579/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773581/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773582/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773584/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773585/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3773587/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3773588/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Stalteri Marcus, Anna Utgången upphovsrätt http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907069 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907070 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907071 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907072 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907073 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907074 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907190 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907191 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3926926 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953769 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953888 http://libris.kb.se/bib/7618973 http://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100344 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100344 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100344
Description
Thickened, rounded rim; tall, splaying neck; tall, ovoid body; vertical band handles with extra rolls on each side from upper neck to shoulder; moulded ring base. Yellowish to light brown clay; semilustrous, black paint, largely misfired to brown or red; added white paint. Plastic decoration: one snake with modelled head curling on one side of rim, one on each handle and one on each side of shoulder. Inside of rim encircled by three bands; snake on outside of rim painted with white dots; below snake, on rim, seven opposed triangles; zigzag line encircling rim; on both sides of neck a panel with hatched meander, framed by triple lines; on both sides of neck large panel with warriors (four on front side, on back side three plus a fourth figure without shield or spears, with only a shield and a sword), facing right, with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each and circular framed shields covering their upper bodies - opposed triangles, sigmas and W’s, piled M’s, crosses and wavy lines as filling ornaments; below figured panel three-tiered, dotted lozenge pattern framed by triple lines; snakes on handles painted, white dots; horizontal strokes framed by vertical lines on rolls of handles; on each side of snake on handles opposed, cross-hatched, framed triangles; snakes on shoulder painted, white dots; above and below snake cross-hatched, opposing framed triangles; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines; on belly frieze with warriors with crested and plumed helmets, two spears each, large circular, framed shields alternating with one-wheeled chariots drawn by a single horse and driven by an unarmed figure - W’s, wavy lines, opposed triangles, birds, piled zigzag lines, cross-hatched lozenges and crosses as filling ornaments; below this two zones with lozenge chains and one with checkers, separated by horizontal lines as above; on lower body frieze with bulls, facing right - zigzag lines, opposed triangles and sigmas as filling ornaments; below bull frieze horizontal bands and zone with vertical strokes; base painted.
Inventory number
Acquisition
Purchased from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, with the intermidiary of H.-Å. Wellin for the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Vitterhetsakademien), with means donated by a private fund. The Danish museum had purchased the amphora on the London antique market, where it had been placed by a private British collector.
Condition
Mended. Lacunae filled in with plaster. Almost all paint gone on one side (back), almost none on the other.
Conservation / Executed
New mending and reconstruction. C. Bohm, RIK, February 1980.
Dimensions
H 73.0. Ø of rim c.25.0. Ø of base 12.6.
Exhibitions
Museum of Contemporary Art, Stockholm, November 22, 1996 - May 20, 1997.
Cf Publications
Workshop of Athens 894, Stockholm Painter.
Publications
B. Wells, ‘A Late Geometric amphora by the Stockholm Painter’, MedMusB 15, 1980, 50-58. CVA Stockholm 2, pl.6:1-4, fig.31. Medelhavsmuseet. En introduktion (Museum catalogue), Stockholm 1982, 180.
Pottery Ware
Late Geometric IIb
Exhibition / Previously
Country / Findspot
Greece
Exhibition, Part of / Previously
Room 10 - Showcase 10:09. växt
Referens, publicerad i
Medelhavsmuseet: en introduktion. (1982)
Wells, Berit (1980) "A Late Geometric Amphora by the Stockholm Painter" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 15 (1980) p. 50-58.
Material, engelska
Earthenware
Pottery
Clay
Material
Keramik
Height / Höjd
Diameter
Object
Brukad
Funnen
Europa
Grekland
Attica
Stalteri Marcus, Anna
Utgången upphovsrätt