P14.7 POSEIDON & AMPHITRITE
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum Jatta, Ruvo di Puglia |
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Catalogue No. | Ruvo Jatta 1501 |
Beazley Archive No. | 217518 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Name vase of the Talos Painter |
Date | ca 400 - 390 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Poseidon and Amphitrite from a painting depicting the Argonauts' encounter with the bronze giant Talos. The god is crowned with a wreath (of parsley?) and holds a trident in his hand. Amphitrite wears a tiara-crown and holds a striped royal sceptre.
This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.