Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)

480–470 BCE

Not on view

The largest fragment depicts part of the draped body of a male to right, wearing a chlamys, holding a stick in his right hand; at the far left, start of handle root; a second fragment has part of the head and neck of a wreathed youth looking to left; a third fragment shows a bit of the lower drapery of a figure and toes of the right foot; a fourth fragment has a left hand; a fifth fragment has a bit of drapery?; a sixth fragment has an unidentified object; a seventh fragment is black glaze with the start of the handle root; four black glaze fragments

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
Period: Early Classical
Date: 480–470 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Object Number: 2011.604.2.1998a–k
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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