Terracotta fragments of a stamnos (jar)
One fragment has at the left, an egg pattern around the handle attachment and a circumscribed palmette with an elongated central frond, and tendrils; part of a woman to left, with her head looking over her left shoulder, and her right arm raised, wearing a chiton and himation; a second fragment has the neck and upper body of a woman wearing a chiton and himation, with her left arm raised; tendril; around the handle attachment, an egg pattern; a third fragment shows the upper torso and extended arms of a woman wearing a chiton and himation, standing next to a youth, who is looking towards her; he has his himation draped over his left shoulder, around his lower back, waist, and over his left forearm, and in his left hand he holds an unidentified object; tendrils from handle ornament
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a stamnos (jar)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 470–460 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: 2011.604.2.144a–c
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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