Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

ca. 540–530 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, on the body, lions attacking a bull; on the neck, two roosters
Reverse, on the body, lions attacking a boar; on the neck, two roosters

In earlier scholarship on Chalcidian vases, those attributed to the Polyphemos Group were considered "pseudo-Chalcidian" due to details of style and technique. More recent studies have minimized the distinction.

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Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Artist: Attributed to the Polyphemos Group
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 540–530 BCE
Culture: Greek, Chalcidian
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.11.5
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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