Sacred Athena

The monumental lidded prize vase

An imposing, nearly meter-high prize vessel with its lid, delicate white Athena and elaborate helmet. The 66.5-megapixel original supports close detail work and…

An imposing, nearly meter-high prize vessel with its lid, delicate white Athena and elaborate helmet. The 66.5-megapixel original supports close detail work and offers a distinctly later visual counterpart to the guide’s Archaic prize amphora.

Source citation: Attributed to the Marsyas Painter. The monumental lidded prize vase. 340–339 BCE. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. 79.AE.147. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103TQT

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