Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
In the top frieze, lower part of a palmette-lotus ornament; in between two rosettes, feet of an animal to left; in the second frieze, part of a boar to right; beneath the belly of the boar, a rosette with a red heart; panther to left; above and below the panther, a rosette, each with a red heart; part of the handle; in the third frieze, part of the face of a siren to right; palmette-lotus ornament; siren to left; panther to left; below the handle, a siren to right; hindquarters, hind leg, and tail of a panther to right; in the fourth frieze, part of a goat? to left; panther to left; hindquarters, hind leg and ear of a mule to right?; part of a panther to left; below, a band of rays; the small fragment has part of the neck, breast and wing of a siren to right
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 570 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: 2011.604.3.726a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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