Red Figure Amphora 13cm,shows Achilles,Ancient Greek Pottery

Enhance your decor with an Amphora from Ancient Greece with Red Figure technique .Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 520 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC.It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background. Amphora is an Ancient Greek vase, used for storing wine and olive. This Red figure Amphora depicts Achilles.Achilles in Greek mythology, was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad Net weight: 0,25 kgr(0,55lbr), Height:13cm (5,07in)