Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Group of the Floral Nolans

ca. 480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the shoulder, palmette-lotos ornament The composition and execution of the nonfigural types of decoration on a vase are as important as the treatment of figural subjects. The stylistic ambient of the Berlin Painter included artists who specialized in vases decorated only with foliate and geometric motifs. A work such as this one demonstrates how effectively a band of florals adds an organic quality to the architectonic structure of the shape.

Artist

Group of the Floral Nolans

Date

ca. 480 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906