1990s Greek Handmade Pottery Achilles Ajax Playing Pessous

Description

This beautiful ancient Greek Amphora was once used by the Greeks to store grains and liquids. Depicted on this vessel … more This beautiful ancient Greek Amphora was once used by the Greeks to store grains and liquids. Depicted on this vessel on both sides are Achilles & Ajax playing pessous (a strategic game with dice and pegs) to keep their minds active while they were resting during the Trojan War. The artist of the original antiquity used a bilingual technique on the vessel, which is the red figure technique on one side and the black figure technique on the other side.

Dimensions: 16”L x 13”W x 22”H less