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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16)

Attributed to Exekias
ca. 540 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155
On the body, obverse and reverse, man and woman in chariot accompanied by woman and kithara player
On the shoulder, combat of foot soldiers and horsemen

Black-figure was a cumbersome, restricted, and quite artificial technique. The vases in this room testify to the variety of effect and the forcefulness of expression that is nonetheless permitted. Probably the greatest single black-figure artist was Exekias, who was both potter and painter. Although the essential ingredients of this work are traditional, its particular character is evident in the robust shape, the extraordinary precision and vitality in the figures and ornament, and the perfect relation of the decorative elements to the body beneath.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16)
  • Artist: Attributed to Exekias
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 540 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
    diameter 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.230.14a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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