Amphora Collection

Greek Urns and Amphoras Lithograph 1897
Greek urns and vases, Original Antique Chromolithograph

Roman memento mori mosaic. Mosaics consist of small pieces of coloured glass or stone, used to form an image or pattern on a floor or wall

Ancient Phoenician traders in port
Phoenician sailors trading goods in an ancient Mediterranean seaport. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

The First Whisper of Love, after Bouguereau (w / c on paper)
619266 The First Whisper of Love, after Bouguereau (w/c on paper) by Miller, John Douglas (1860-1903); Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Gallo-Roman low-relief. Ferrying wine barrels and amphorae. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)

Heracles fighting the Nemean lion, Attic black-figure amphora from Vulci

Aquarius, from the Signs of the Zodiac (oil on canvas) (see also 196700 to 196711)
XIR196704 Aquarius, from the Signs of the Zodiac (oil on canvas) (see also 196700 to 196711) by Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678); Palais du Luxembourg, Paris

Attic amphora representing winged Eros with lyre and dog at his feet
Greek civilization, 5th century b.C. Red-figure pottery. Attic amphora representing winged Eros with a lyre and a dog at his feet

Relief depicting people carrying amphorae in wine cellar
Roman civilization. Relief depicting people carrying amphorae in a wine cellar

Ancient Italian Anphora
An Amphora of Cervetri representing a sacrifice. Cervetri is an ancient stronghold of Etruvia

Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Figs 1-9: Forms of Greek vases. Fig 1: Amphora, vessel for oil, wine etc. Fig 2: Hydria, vessel for carrying water. Fig 3: Urn, a cinerary vessel

The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Right side detail. Red and white figure crater
BEN5473796 The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Right side detail. Red and white figure crater. Greek ceramic decorated by the painter from Talos (Inv.1501), 400-390 BC. Height: 75 cm

Amphora with a running man
3330379 Amphora with a running man; (add.info.: Amphora with a running man. Dated 6th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The image shows two young coloured ladies. The young ladies wear a wide-striped dress, up to the head
3568838 The image shows two young coloured ladies. The young ladies wear a wide-striped dress, up to the head, forming a turban

Nude with white Sheet, 1937 (oil on canvas)
7332550 Nude with white Sheet, 1937 (oil on canvas) by Brusselmans, Jean (1884-1953); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Jean Brusselmans (1884-1953)

The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana, c1920 (stained glass)
8714229 The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana, c1920 (stained glass) by Mayer, Franz (1848-1926); (add.info.: Stained Glass built 1920s. Glass by Franz Mayer Germany)

The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana, c1920 (stained glass)
8714216 The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana, c1920 (stained glass) by Mayer, Franz (1848-1926); (add.info.: Stained Glass built 1920s. Glass by Franz Mayer Germany)

Aryballos (Container for Oil), 625-600 BC (terracotta)
5860794 Aryballos (Container for Oil), 625-600 BC (terracotta) by Greek School; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: Ancient Greek).

Leviticus: The Great Day of Atonement, the Scapegoat at the Time of Sacrifice - Engraving from a Bible by Louis Isaac
FGL5483268 Leviticus: The Great Day of Atonement, the Scapegoat at the Time of Sacrifice - Engraving from a Bible by Louis Isaac Lemaistre De Sacy (1613-1684)

Protocorinthian Aryballos (oil Flask), c. 650-640 BC (painted terracotta)
XOS5886409 Protocorinthian Aryballos (oil Flask), c. 650-640 BC (painted terracotta) by Greek School; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Greece, Corinth)

Dionysian procession. Ancient crater with black figures. 440 -430 BC
AIS5389309 Dionysian procession. Ancient crater with black figures. 440 -430 BC.; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Taranto, Apuglia, Italy.

Greek antiquite: Terracotta amphora from southern Italy. 4th century BC. Barcelona
AIS5342575 Greek antiquite: Terracotta amphora from southern Italy. 4th century BC. Barcelona. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya; Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, Girona, Spain; © Iberfoto.

Polychrome ceramic jug decorated with a coat of arms. Palazzo del Bargello, Florence
BEN5479587 Polychrome ceramic jug decorated with a coat of arms. Palazzo del Bargello, Florence; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

The Love Books of Ovid: Love, with flushed cheeks, holds in her frail arms the amphora of Bacchus (colour litho)
5224211 The Love Books of Ovid: Love, with flushed cheeks, holds in her frail arms the amphora of Bacchus (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love)

Black figure amphora. Ajax and Achilles playing dice
3262176 Black figure amphora. Ajax and Achilles playing dice.; Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia - Villa Poniatowski, Rome, Italy; © Mike Andrews. All rights reserved 2024.

Album "Traditional costumes": Portrait of Ciociara in traditional costume
3561777 Album "Traditional costumes": Portrait of Ciociara in traditional costume; (add.info.: Lazio 1860-1870 Photographer: Tonker, Fratelli); Alinari Archives, Florence.

A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)
8673226 A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures)

The Oath of Abraham's Servant, c.1650-59 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877809 The Oath of Abraham's Servant, c.1650-59 (oil on canvas) by Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Il Grechetto) (1609-64); 71.2x94 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

A nymph. Fresco by Giulio Pippi de' Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano (Julius Romano) (1492/1499-1546)
BEN5462140 A nymph. Fresco by Giulio Pippi de' Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano (Julius Romano) (1492/1499-1546) 1528 Hall of Eros (Love) and Psyche

Ornament: Vases, The Amphora (engraving)
8647139 Ornament: Vases, The Amphora (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Amphora)

A water bearer in Cairo
3572905 A water bearer in Cairo. by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Egypt 1890-1900 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Thebes Museum, Thivai, Greece, 2003. Creator: Ethel Davies
Amphora of dancing figures and a sphinx, The Archaeological Museum of Thebes, depicting the history of Thebes from Neolitihic to Ottaman Times, Thiva, Greece, 2003

Dion Archaeological Park, Greece, 2003. Creator: Ethel Davies
Ancient Greek amphora of a battle scene, from the Museum at the Dion Archaeological Park, Central Macdeonia, Greece, 2003

The Wedding in Cana, 1939. Creator: Lodewijk Schelfhout
The Wedding in Cana, 1939. Mary, a bride and groom, and Christ, sitting at a table. Christ blesses six jars and changes the contents from water into wine

Figures from the Painted Vase of Darius, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Figures from the Painted Vase of Darius, 1857. Procession of Apollo, Diana etc; Darius on his throne, and attendants; Satrap receiving tributes

The Darius Vase, found at Canosa, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Darius Vase, found at Canosa, 1857. This exquisite work of antique art is of the form of the Apulian Amphora, and is the largest that has ever been discovered

Samaritan Woman at the Well, after 1625. Creator: Lanfranco, Giovanni (1582-1647)
Samaritan Woman at the Well, after 1625. Found in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

"Quiet Corner, " John Wesley Baxter house, Dublin and Hill Roads, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1920. House architecture: Benjamin William Morris for William Clyde Fitch

Le Christ chez Marthe et Marie, 1882. Creator: Eugène Buland
Le Christ chez Marthe et Marie, 1882. Christ at the home of Martha and Mary

"Quiet Corner, " John Wesley Baxter, Dublin and Hill Roads, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1920. House Architecture: Benjamin William Morris for William Clyde Fitch, completed circa December 1903

Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Early 18th cen. Creator: Trevisani, Francesco (1656-1746)
Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Early 18th cen. Found in the collection of the Musei Vaticani in Viale Vaticano, Rome

Amphora
Margareth Perfoncio

Greek Vase, Black-figure Amphora depicting Boxing Scene, c6th century BC. Etruscan civilization. Panathenaic From the Tomb of the Warrior at Vulci, Viterbo province, Italy. Detail

Portrait of a girl holding an amphora Naples. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Water carriers involved in a filtering operation Africa. Date of Photograph:1880 ca

The image shows three children posing at the entrance of a building, with a window closed by an iron grating; the children come from a Bedouin tribe of northern Africa. Africa

The image shows a lady sit down on the ground, holding a jug for water; she wears a traditional dress covering also her head, forming a turban

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"Unveiling the Timeless Beauty: Exploring the World of Amphora" Step into a world where art and history intertwine, as we delve into the captivating realm of amphora. These Greek urns and amphoras lithographs from 1897 transport us back to an era filled with elegance and grandeur. Intricately crafted, these Roman memento mori mosaics serve as poignant reminders of life's fleeting nature. They offer glimpses into ancient Phoenician traders' lives in bustling ports, where these vessels played a vital role in maritime commerce. Gallo-Roman low-reliefs take us on a journey across time, depicting scenes of wine barrels being ferried. A testament to the significance of amphoras in transporting precious liquids that brought joy and celebration to countless gatherings. Heracles' legendary battle against the Nemean lion comes alive on an Attic black-figure amphora from Vulci. This masterpiece showcases not only artistic prowess but also narrates tales passed down through generations. A mesmerizing relief reveals people laboriously carrying amphorae within wine cellars, their dedication preserving this timeless tradition. Aquarius emerges from an oil-on-canvas painting depicting zodiac signs, reminding us how even celestial beings were associated with these iconic vessels. An exquisite Attic amphora portrays winged Eros serenading with his lyre while accompanied by his loyal dog at his feet—a symbol of love's enduring power throughout centuries past. Traveling further brings us face-to-face with an ancient Italian Amphora—an artifact steeped in mystery yet brimming with stories waiting to be unraveled. The antiquarian fair in Arezzo invites enthusiasts to immerse themselves in its rich heritage amidst Tuscany's enchanting landscapes. Ancient Greek pottery captures our imagination once more through delicate brushstrokes and intricate designs—each piece whispering secrets from forgotten eras under unknown creators' hands. Finally, we find ourselves in Pompeii, Italy, during the Victorian period.