Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar)

Unknown

third quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Part of the neck of a stamnos; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a ring in between two tooled grooves; at the shoulder, band of tongues; on the body of the stamnos, part of circumscribed palmette with tendrils; bit of hair, right shoulder and bent right arm of a woman performing the gesture of anakalypsis with her right hand

Artist

Unknown

Date

third quarter of the 5th century 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