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The Dipylon Master was an ancient Greek
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vase painter who was active from around 760–750 BC. He worked in Athens
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, where he and his workshop produced large funerary vessels for those interred in the Dipylon Gate cemetery, whence his name comes. His work belongs to the very late stage of the Geometric Style. His vases served as grave markers and libation
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receptacles for aristocratic graves and as such are decorated with a depiction of the prothesis scene representing the mourning of the deceased. Almost 50 vases have been attributed to the Dipylon Master and his workshop. Examples include the Dipylon Amphora
The Dipylon Amphora (also known as Athens 804) is a large Ancient Greek painted vase, made around 750 BC, and is now held by the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Discovered at the Dipylon cemetery, this stylistic vessel belonging to the Ge ...
in National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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, and the Elgin Amphora
The Elgin Amphora is a large Ancient Greek neck-handled amphora made from fired clay in Athens around 760 to 750 BC. The ceramic vessel may have been used to hold wine at a funeral feast, and then entombed with the cremated remains of the decea ...
in the British Museum
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See also
*List of Greek vase painters
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* Pottery of ancient Greece
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References and sources
;References ;Sources *Roisman, Joseph, and translated by J.C Yardley, ''Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander'' (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2011) *Boardman, J. ''Early Greek Vase Painting: 11th–6th Centuries BC: A Handbook (World of Art)''. London: Thames and Hudson Publishing, May 1998. ().External links
* {{Authority control 8th-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity Ancient Athenians Year of birth unknown