Terracotta fragment of neck-amphora (jar)
Obverse, warrior to right wearing a cuirass, chitoniskos, and greaves, holding his helmet in his right hand and a spear in his left; draped woman to right wearing a patterned peplos and a red and black himation; helmeted warrior to right, with his right arm bent, wearing a chitoniskos, chlamys, and greaves; woman to left, wearing a patterned peplos, and a red and black himation, with her himation draped over her head; helmeted warrior to left, wearing a cuirass, chlamys, and greaves, holding a spear in his right hand; part of a palmette with tendrils and a lotus bud; Reverse, warrior wearing a red tunic to left; palmettes with red and black fronds, tendrils, and a lotus bud; below the figures; two black glaze lines, a band of upright lotuses; two black glaze lines; a rightward meander; two black glaze lines; a band of rays
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of neck-amphora (jar)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: third quarter of the 6th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (30.2 × 40.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.3.207
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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