Amphora pottery

https://flic.kr/p/mUyJZV | Nikosthenic Amphora - IV | According Beazley, this black figure amphora was made and painted by Nikosthenes. The name of this kind of amphora comes from the potter and painter Nikosthenes, the owner of a workshop active in Athens approximately around 550-510. The special shape of this kind of amphorae was derived from Etruscan buccaro vases; the main features of the so-called Nikosthenic amphorae are the angular body of the amphora and the broad flat handles…

AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY AMPHORA circa 650 b.c. Red slipped, decorated in applied white, the neck and shoulders with descending rays, the body with a large band of palmettes, a band of checkerboard below, with rays above the foot 15 in. (40 cm) high

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Amphora Pottery Vase

Classic pottery shapes

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Ficellure style amphora. Dancing comasts - from mileto (? ) -2/2 6 BC - Hermitage Museum, Fikellura's style belongs to Eastern Greek pottery... From the name of the village of Rhodes near Camiro, where the first discoveries took place. (Vittorio Origlia) post of Art Pictures from the Museums.

The shoulder of this magnificent amphora with volute handles is decorated with scenes depicting the mythical battle between Greeks and Amazons. This elegant amphora is a typical product of the workshops of Volsinii, an Etruscan city well known for the production of silver clay pots. The ornamental scenes aren't painted on the vase's surface; they are modeled as bas-reliefs and applied "a sbalzo" on the surface itself. The beloved subject of Volsinii’s potters was the Amazonomachy. Some…

Amphora bucchero - Etruria