An Attic black-figure neck amphora
Circa 535-500 B.C.
The obverse depicting Theseus slaying the Minotaur, the hero nude, wearing a wreath in his hair, a scabbard at his back, grasping the beast in his left hand and thrusting a sword with his right, the Minotaur grasping a stone in each hand, a draped female standing behind, probably Ariadne or possibly an Athenian maiden, the reverse with a departure scene, the warrior holding a large round shield and carrying a spear, wearing a high-crested helmet and greaves, an older bearded man standing before him, holding a staff and wearing a bordered himation, his hand outstretched toward the younger man, a draped female behind the warrior, bands of key pattern and upright dotted lotus buds beneath the scene on both sides, rays above the foot, palmette-lotus chain on the neck, a band of tongues below, palmette-lotus cross beneath each handle, details in added white and red, 38.5cm high 注脚Provenance:
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired prior to 1983.