Fragmentary neck-amphora (jar)

ca. 675 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

On the neck, two birds of prey, probably eagles

The decoration may be by the Polyphemos Painter, best known for the impressive depiction in Eleusis of the blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus. The motifs on the New York vase seem to have been limited to the eagles on the neck, with horizontal stripes and perhaps a narrow subsidiary frieze on the body.

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Title: Fragmentary neck-amphora (jar)
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 675 BCE
Culture: Greek, Protoattic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: b.: 11 1/8 × 12 1/8 × 5/8 in. (28.3 × 30.8 × 1.6 cm)
c,d, joined: 9 × 10 × 1/2 in. (22.9 × 25.4 × 1.3 cm)
.a: 5 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (14.1 × 13.1 cm)
.e: 5 1/8 × 4 7/8 × 1/2 in. (13.1 × 12.3 × 1.3 cm)
.f: 3 1/2 × 4 15/16 × 5/8 in. (8.8 × 12.5 × 1.6 cm)
.g: 2 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 9/16 in. (5.3 × 9.5 × 1.5 cm)
.h: 5 5/16 × 11 3/4 × 1/2 in. (13.5 × 29.8 × 1.3 cm)
.i: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 7/16 in. (28.6 × 21.6 × 1.2 cm)
.k: 9 3/4 × 6 5/16 × 7/16 in. (24.8 × 16 × 1.2 cm)
.l: 2 1/4 × 2 7/16 × 3/8 in. (5.8 × 6.3 × 1 cm)
.m: 3 15/16 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in. (10 × 6.3 × 1.2 cm)
.n: 3 7/8 × 5 1/16 × 9/16 in. (9.8 × 12.8 × 1.4 cm)
.o: 3 15/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/2 in. (10 × 13.6 × 1.2 cm)
.p: 5 1/16 × 8 5/8 × 9/16 in. (12.8 × 21.9 × 1.4 cm)
.q: 5 × 5 13/16 × 7/16 in. (12.7 × 14.8 × 1.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1949
Object Number: 49.101.17a–q
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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