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Terracotta fragments of a mastoid?

520–510 BCE
Not on view
Exterior, on the largest fragment, wreathed head and part of upper torso, with extended left arm, and left foot of draped woman; nose, beard, right hand on hip, legs, and tail of ithyphallic satyr with wineskin; a second large fragmentd depicts a draped maenad with extended left arm and a thrysos; a third fragment has the lower drapery of figure; a fourth fragment depicts part of an arm or leg; a fifth fragment has the right foot of a figure

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a mastoid?
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 520–510 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: 2011.604.2.2431a–e
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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