Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Obverse, couples banqueting. Reverse, centaur flanked by heralds. Lower frieze, man herding bulls
Pontic ware is a prominent style of early Etruscan black-figure pottery perhaps produced in Southern Etruria and strongly influenced by East Greek art. This amphora, by the most important painter of the group, is typical for its complex narrative design of multiple friezes rich in ornament and added colors.
Pontic ware is a prominent style of early Etruscan black-figure pottery perhaps produced in Southern Etruria and strongly influenced by East Greek art. This amphora, by the most important painter of the group, is typical for its complex narrative design of multiple friezes rich in ornament and added colors.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Paris Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 540 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware
- Dimensions: 13 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (35.1 × 23.2 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Nicolas Koutoulakis, 1955
- Object Number: 55.7
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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