London B 471 (Vase)
Perseus and Medusa.
- ID:
- aa_4329
- Beazley Number:
- 310459
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -550
- Period:
- Archaic
- Context:
- From Vulci
- Region:
- Etruria
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Amasis Painter
- Potter:
- Signed by Amasis
- Dimensions:
-
H. to top of handle 0.257 m., H. to rim 0.209 m., D. Rim 0.092 m., Max. D. body 0.133 m., D. foot 0.102 m.
- Ware:
- Attic Black Figure
- Shape:
- Olpe
Date Description
Middle period of Amasis work, late.
Decoration Description
Perseus killing Medusa with Hermes looking on. Perseus, on left, wearing winged boots, short fringed chiton, a nebris and a petasos, plunges his sword into the neck of Medusa, while turning his gaze away to the left. Medusa, centered in the panel, faces forwards, blood running in three streams from her throat. She has two pairs of wings, winged boots as do Hermes and Perseus, and she wears a short peplos with a nebris clasped by two serpents. Four snakes issue from her hair. On the right, Hermes, wearing boots, a short fringed chiton, a chlamys and a petasos, holds his caduceus and looks on. On the far left, Amasis' signature.
Graffiti
- Collection:
- London, British Museum
