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Greek Vase

Figure 43 Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games; 363/362 BCE;
Unknown Athenian; Attributed to the Painter of the Wedding Procession (as painter); signed by Nikodemos (as potter);
terracotta;
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, USA); 93.AE.55 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 Panathenaic amphora (value type: authority)
  • Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: amphora
    Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: lid (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    ceramics
    Greek and Roman art (value type: controlledl list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

  • Text:🔺 Panthenaic Prize Amphora and Lid
    Preference: alternate
    Type: former

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 attributed to the Painter of the Wedding Procession as painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 360s BCE); signed by Nikodemos as potter (Attic potter, active ca. 362 BCE) (value type: free text)

  • Qualifier: attributed to (value type: controlled list)
    Identity:🔺 Painter of the Wedding Procession (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 painter

  • Identity:🔺 Nikodemos
    Role:🔺 potter

  • Creation Date:🔺 363/362 (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 -0363 Latest:🔺 -0362 (value type: controlled format)

  • Creation Place/Original Location: Athens (Greece) (value type: authority)

Style/Period/Group/Movement

  • Indexing Terms:
    Black-figure
    Attic (value type: authority)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 height with lid, 89.5 cm (35 1/4 inches); circumference at shoulder, 115 cm (15 1/16 inches) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 89.5 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 115 Unit: cm Type: circumference (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 wheel-turned terracotta, sintering (value type: free text)

  • Material Name: terracotta (value type: authority)
    Technique Names:
    turning
    sintering
    vase painting (value type: authority)

Inscriptions/Marks

  • Transcription or Description: signed by Nikodemos (value type: free text)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Extent: general
    Indexing Terms:🔺
    religion/mythology
    object (utilitarian)
    ceremonial object (value type: authority)

  • Extent: side A
    Indexing Terms:🔺
    Athena Promachos (Greek iconography)
    human figure
    female

  • Extent: side B
    Indexing Terms:🔺
    Nike Victor competition
    human figure
    female
    prize

Descriptive Note

  • Text: Side A: Athena Promachos; Side B: Nike Crowning the Victor, with the Judge on the Right and the Defeated Opponent on the Left. The figure of Athena is portrayed in an Archaistic style. The particular use of Nike figures atop the akanthos columns flanking Athena allow scholars to date this vase to precisely 363/362 BCE. The Panathenaia, a state religious festival, honored Athena; the festival included athletic, musical, and other competitions. Amphorae filled with oil pressed from olives from the sacred trees of Athena were given as prizes in the Panathenaic Games. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 10 February 2005 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 93.AE.55 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 23 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 43 Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games; 363/362 BCE;
Unknown Athenian; Attributed to the Painter of the Wedding Procession (as painter); signed by Nikodemos (as potter);
terracotta;
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, USA); 93.AE.55 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.