A Chalcidian Black-figured Amphora, attributed to the Group of the Tarquinia Amphora, circa 530 B.C.

one side painted in two registers, the lower register with confronted cocks and a lotus bud motif flanked by roaring lions, the upper with a deer flanked by geese, the other side painted in two registers, the lower with confronted cocks and a lotus bud motif, the upper with a panther flanked by sirens, a frieze of lotus buds and palmettes below the rim, rays above the foot, the details in added red and white; accession no. 22.2, old inventory no. 197.

probably The Anderson Galleries, New York, Art from the Orient. A Selection from the Collections of H. Kevorkian, March 16th-18th, 1922, no. 500
Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928), Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired at the above sale
The T.B. Walker Foundation (founded 1925), Minneapolis, inv. no. WF9
on loan from the above to the Walker Art Gallery, subsequently the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, acc. no. 22.2, old inv. no. 197
on loan from both of the above to the University Gallery, University of Minnesota, inv. no. L1972.1.9

“Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections,“ The Art Institute of Chicago, December 22nd, 1979-February 20th, 1980
"Greek Vases," University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, February 9th-March 31st, 1981
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, circa February 1993

Henry Roy William Smith, The Origin of Chalcidian Ware (University of California Publications in Classical Archaeology, vol. I, no. 3), Berkeley, Calif., 1932, p. 143, fig. H
Warren G. Moon and Louise Berge, eds., Greek Vase-painting in Midwestern Collections, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, 1979, pp. 68-69, no. 42
Michael Anderson, Greek Vases, exhibition catalogue, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1981, p. 10, no. 4
Reinhard Lullies, “Bemerkungen zu den ‘Chalkidischen’ Bauchamphoren,” Revue archéologique , 1982, no. 11, figs. 7-8
Jette Keck, Studien zur Rezeption fremder Einflüsse in der chalkidischen Keramik. Ein Beitrag zur Lokalisierugsfrage (Archäologische Studien, vol. 8), Frankfurt, 1988, BA 1
Mario Iozzo, Ceramica “calcidese”: nuovi documenti e problem riproposti (Atti & Memorie della Società Magna Grecia, III, 2), Rome, 1994, pp. 63-64

Repaired from large and a few small fragments, with in-painting along the break-lines and where a few small areas are missing. The added red has some over-painting. One handle repaired across the top, small chips and abrasions to the glaze on the rim, the glaze on the foot partially misfired and abraded, a large area of misfiring on the lower left part of one side. Much of the painting is in good condition, including the faces of the sirens. Old ink and pencil numbers and a label underneath.
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