Terracotta four-handled amphora (jar)

Unknown

ca. 675–650 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Three felines and a winged hybrid Vases of the same elongated shape and with similar painted decoration have been found in the Monte Michele cemetery at Veii, just north of Rome. The type represents a local response to the animals painted on Protocorinthian pottery imported from Greece. Although the felines are standard types, the odd griffin-like hybrid is a unique invention.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 675–650 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Etruscan, Italo-Corinthian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Bess Myerson, 2001