Terracotta stamnos (jar)
On the shoulder, obverse, lion
While a wide variety of vase shapes were imported from Attica into Etruria, some seem to have been made specifically for the Etruscan market. The kyathos (ladle), for example, is an Etruscan shape that was reinterpreted in Attic workshops and exported. The stamnos is found so much more frequently in northern Italy than on the Greek mainland that it too may have been produced for a specific clientel.
While a wide variety of vase shapes were imported from Attica into Etruria, some seem to have been made specifically for the Etruscan market. The kyathos (ladle), for example, is an Etruscan shape that was reinterpreted in Attic workshops and exported. The stamnos is found so much more frequently in northern Italy than on the Greek mainland that it too may have been produced for a specific clientel.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta stamnos (jar)
- Period: Classical
- Date: early 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: Overall: 15 3/4 x 18 5/8in. (40 x 47.3cm)
diameter (neck) 15 1/4in. (38.7cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
- Object Number: 10.210.15
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
Attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group
ca. 540–530 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
mid-6th century BCE
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