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Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

520–510 BCE
Not on view
One fragment depicts, the back of the head, neck, left shoulder, and part of the upper left arm of a draped woman to left with a fillet; head, neck, shoulder, part of upper arm, and torso of a youth looking over his right shoulder; a second fragment has the legs of a male to right; a third fragment shows, the calves of a warrior to left, with greaves; a fourth fragment has part of the border of the panel

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 520–510 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.3.375a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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