Fragment of a terracotta amphora (jar)
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in September 2022. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.Top of the mane, ear, and topknot of a horse in a quadriga (four-horse chariot)
The style of the Amasis Painter is so distinct, in the rendering of ornament as much as in the figure work, that fragments of his vases are readily recognizable.
The style of the Amasis Painter is so distinct, in the rendering of ornament as much as in the figure work, that fragments of his vases are readily recognizable.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragment of a terracotta amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Amasis Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 4 5/8 × 3/8 in. (8.1 × 11.7 × 0.9 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1985
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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