Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)

Class of Cabinet des Médailles 218

ca. 510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, Herakles fighting Amazons; on the neck, fight Reverse, Dionysos and satyrs; on the neck, courting scene The Nicosthenic neck-amphora is characterized by ribbon handles that are attached at the top of the lip and on the shoulder. In addition the body tends to be egg-shaped and the neck quite narrow. The shape is named after Nikosthenes, the enterprising owner of a potter's establishment that exported actively to Etruria. Nikosthenes signed his wares often and specialized in Atticizing Etruscan shapes that evidently appealed to his western clientele.

Artist

Class of Cabinet des Médailles 218

Date

ca. 510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1956