Amphora Achilles slaying Penthesilea Ancient Greek Vase Pottery Museum Copy 530 BC

Image description:Front side: Achilles slaying Penthesilea: Achilles steps to right, bearded, with long tresses, fully armed, high-crested helmet and short striped chiton, and has beaten down the Amazon queen Penthesilea on one knee, and plunges spear into her throat. She has a high-crested helmet with cheek-pieces and serpent in relief, short diapered chiton, over which is a pardalis (leopard skin), sword and shield, and looks back at him, thrusting vainly with spear; a stream of blood gushes from her wound.Back side: Dionysos and Oinopion: Dionysos to left (facing left), bearded, with hair looped up and wreathed with ivy, long white chiton and embroidered himation, holds in left hand vine-branches, and with right gives a cantharos to his son, Oinopion, who stands facing him, nude and beardless, his hair looped up with a myrtle wreath, holding an oinochoe in right hand. HANDMADE & HAND PAINTED IN GREECEDimensions (approximately): Height: 31 cm (12.2 inches)Width: 20,5 cm (8.07 inches) Net Weight: 1,9 Kg (4.2 lb) Material: Clay – Genuine Ceramic