The item seized was an attic red figure nolan amphora painted by the harrow painter a vase painter known to have decorated column craters oinochoai and neck amphorae from approximately 480 until 460 b c e.
Attic red figure nolan amphora.
The distinct shape and style of the nolan amphora is thought to have emerged from two styles of older attic black figure pottery.
On the main side the painter has represented a historical fact related by the authors of antiquity.
Paul getty museum los angeles california attic red figure nolan amphora getty museum.
Attic red figure nolan amphora.
24 12 3 cm 9 7 16 4 13 16 in.
An attic red figured nolan amphora attributed to the alkimachos painter circa 470 460 b c.
It has been theorized that the former is the closest predecessor of the nolan shape given that it has both the elongated neck of the red bodied amphora and the smaller size associated with nolan amphorae.
The obverse with a woman seated on a stool facing a draped youth leaning on staff with pseudo inscription between them.
The black figure panel amphora and the red bodied amphora.
Croesus king of lydia who was defeated in 547 bc by cyrus mounts his pyre but a miraculous rain sent by apollo saves him from the flames.
An attic red figure nolan amphora c.
Myson a red figure painter known by his signature as a potter and painter has decorated this amphora with a scene that is unique in attic pottery.
The reverse with a draped youth leaning on staff.
Richmond painter greek attic.
An attic red figured nolan amphora manner of the painter of london e342 circa 475 425 b c.
Both sides with a band of meander below the scenes.