Fragmentary neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

ca. 675 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the neck, two birds of prey, probably eagles The decoration may be by the Polyphemos Painter, best known for the impressive depiction in Eleusis of the blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus. The motifs on the New York vase seem to have been limited to the eagles on the neck, with horizontal stripes and perhaps a narrow subsidiary frieze on the body.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 675 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Protoattic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Anonymous Gift, 1949