Terracotta bail-amphora (jar)
Obverse, Bellerophon and the chimaera
Reverse, two youths
The Ixion Painter was the foremost Campanian artist of the later fourth century, and the bail-amphora was favored in that region. The painter exploited the awkward, narrow verticality to depict Pegasos and Bellerophon airborne above the wounded chimaera. This mythical creature had a lion's body, a goat's forepart on its back, and a snake's tail.
Reverse, two youths
The Ixion Painter was the foremost Campanian artist of the later fourth century, and the bail-amphora was favored in that region. The painter exploited the awkward, narrow verticality to depict Pegasos and Bellerophon airborne above the wounded chimaera. This mythical creature had a lion's body, a goat's forepart on its back, and a snake's tail.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta bail-amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Ixion Painter
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 330–310 BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.240
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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