Terracotta amphora (jug)

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

This vessel was made at Cnidus, a trading and manufacturing port in Caria (southwestern Turkey), famed for its statue of Aphrodite by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles. The relief decoration shows the god Dionysus on one side and Pan with a dancing nymph on the other. Similar scenes can also be found on much grander examples of Roman art, such as mosaics and marble sarcophagi.

Terracotta amphora (jug), Terracotta, Roman

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Terracotta amphora (jug), Terracotta, Roman
Terracotta amphora (jug), Terracotta, Roman

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