Terracotta fragments of a stamnos (jar)

Unknown

470–460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

One fragment has at the left, an egg pattern around the handle attachment and a circumscribed palmette with an elongated central frond, and tendrils; part of a woman to left, with her head looking over her left shoulder, and her right arm raised, wearing a chiton and himation; a second fragment has the neck and upper body of a woman wearing a chiton and himation, with her left arm raised; tendril; around the handle attachment, an egg pattern; a third fragment shows the upper torso and extended arms of a woman wearing a chiton and himation, standing next to a youth, who is looking towards her; he has his himation draped over his left shoulder, around his lower back, waist, and over his left forearm, and in his left hand he holds an unidentified object; tendrils from handle ornament

Artist

Unknown

Date

470–460 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011