Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo with Lyre

The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo with Lyre as ceramic (Greek, Attic · c. 520 BCE).

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Although only two fragments survive from this vase, both show Apollo, here playing his lyre.

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A CLOSER LOOK

The museum identifies this ceramic as ceramic and credits Antimenes Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 530–510 BCE).

The museum's collection notes: With so little preserved, the precise subject once shown on this vase remains uncertain. Along with Apollo playing his lyre, parts of the mane and reins of a horse remain, suggesting a chariot procession—perhaps for the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, an event attended by the Olympian gods.

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The Cleveland Museum of ArtFragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo with Lyre

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