Terracotta fragments of a chous (jug)?

Unknown

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

One fragment shows the head, neck, and shoulders of a woman to right, with her hair tied up in a fillet, wearing a chiton, with her himation draped around her neck and over her left shoulder; a second fragment depicts part of the neck, left arm, holding a bow, and part of the lower body of a woman to left, wearing a chiton (Artemis?)

Artist

Unknown

Date

second 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