Fragment of a terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Painter of the Geneva Orestes

ca. 360–350 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Woman with basket on her head in a finerary structure The fragment belongs to a funerary representation. With her right hand, the woman is holding onto one of the columns supporting a funerary structure. On her head, she carries a shallow basket hung with fillets that she will probably bring to the tomb. The fragment is notable for its fine drawing and polychromy as well as for the basket that so resembles a sombrero.

Artist

Painter of the Geneva Orestes

Date

ca. 360–350 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Paestan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1985