3-044-433 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Neck amphora with (A) nude men and women, and (B) man and woman between sphinxes, 565-550 BC. Additional Info: Ovoid neck amphora with three friezes of decoration on the body. Both sides of the neck are decorated with a palmette-lotus cross. Alternating black and red tongues on the shoulder. On A, a group of naked men and women. From left, a male youth looking back towards a second male (bearded) with an erection who leers at a nude woman holding wreaths in both hands. In front of her, another bearded male with an erection, gesturing at the buttocks of a nude youth who looks backward as he masturbates behind a second nude woman. At right, two bearded men gesture downwards, looking back at a nude youth. He also gestures downwards, but with a single finger extended. On B, a bearded man and a woman (clothed) dance between two sphinxes. Around the middle frieze, animals (felines, water bird, deer). Around the lower frieze, animals (felines, rams). Rays above the base. The vase is heavily damaged with large sections missing.