Art

Art of the 6th century BCE

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Black-Figure Hydria (Water Vessel): Frontal Quadriga (Body); Theseus and Minotaur (Shoulder) Antimenes Painter · c. 520 BCE Black-Figure Dinos (Mixing Vessel): Warships (Int.); Heroic Scenes (Top) Antimenes Painter · c. 520–515 BCE Frieze of Archers-AOD 488 Unknown authorUnknown author · Achaemenid era, ca. 510 BC Male Statue with Rosette-diadem Anonymous (Idalion)Unknown author · 550 - 525 BC Statuette of a Horse and Rider Ancient Greek · 575-525 BCE Statuette of a Goddess Ancient Greek · 600-580 BCE Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle Ancient Greek · 600-550 BCE Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle Ancient Greek · 600-550 BCE Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena Ancient Greek · 514-509 BCE Didrachm (Coin) Depicting a Parsley Leaf Ancient Greek · 520-490 BCE Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena Ancient Greek · 530-490 BCE Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects) Ampersand Painter · 580-570 BCE Coin Depicting Two Calves Heads Ancient Greek · 550-440 BCE Pelike (Storage Jar) Ancient Greek · about 510-500 BCE Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle Ancient Greek · 510-485 BCE Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar) Painter of Tarquinia RC 3984 · 550-540 BCE Candelabrum Stand of a Dancing Maenad 525–500 BCE Pole Cap with Antelope Eurasian steppes · 6th/4th century B.C. Statuette of Herakles 510–500 BCE Torso of a Kouros c. 550 BCE Head of a Sphinx 540–520 BCE Head of Bearded Banqueter 525–500 BCE Head of Artemis 600–575 BCE Ushabti (Funerary Figurine) of Psamtek Ancient Egyptian · Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis (570–526 BCE) Kylix (Drinking Cup) Ancient Greek · about 540-530 BCE Bust of Ankh-Hor 525–404 BCE Kylix (Drinking Cup) Ancient Greek · 560-550 BCE Kylix (Drinking Cup) Ancient Greek · 530-520 BCE Kylix (Drinking Cup) Ancient Greek · 540-530 BCE Naophorous Statue of the Finance Officer and Overseer of Fields, Horwedja 521–486 BCE Relief with Sphinx and Stag Unknown · 575–550 B.C. Woman's Head with Crown 500s BCE Statuette of Tinia (Zeus) c. 500 BCE, perhaps with modern patina Tripod Caldron (Ding) China · Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), late 6th century B.C., State of Jin Ibex-Head Ornament c. 525–450 BCE Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil) Ancient Mediterranean · 6th-4th century BCE Amphoriskos (Container for Oil) Ancient Mediterranean · 6th-5th century BCE Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil) Ancient Mediterranean · 6th-4th century BCE Head from a Statue of a Male Figure Unknown · about 540 B.C. Aryballos (Container for Oil) Ancient Eastern Mediterranean · late 6th-5th century BCE Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil) Ancient Eastern Mediterranean · late 6th-early 3rd century BCE Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Seated Men, Warriors and Horse Leagros Group · c. 510–500 BCE Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Horseman, Horse between Warriors, Dog Edinburgh Painter · c. 500 BCE Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Hercle (Herakles) and Pholos; Cattle (of Geryon?) Tityos Painter · c. 520 BCE Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull Class of Vatican 440 · c. 530 BCE Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women Patras Painter · c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers Group of Rhodes 11941 · c. 540 BCE Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Boxers Class of London B 524 · c. 550–540 BCE