Rider Amphora

The Rider Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 912.

Ekschmitt claims that the painter of this amphora does not show the talent of the painter of the Horses Amphora since the bodies of his horses are far too long and as a result the rider appears unnaturally small.

Convention apparently forced the painter to adapt his motif to a restricted space.

The empty room around this space was filled with various designs inherited from earlier Cycladic art, including the zigzag bands and diamonds.

The neck of the amphora is decorated with bulging double palmette volutes, which are separated from one another by vertical bands.