Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

third quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

At the shoulder, a band of palmettes and tendrils; on the body, head of a filleted woman to right holding a wreath in her left hand, facing a symposiast who is reclining on a kline with cushions; in front the kline, a small table with food and a cup; above the wreath the woman is holding, fillets; behind the head of the symposiast, a wreath; on the floor, behind the kline, the tail of a dog to left; wreathed komast to right with his arms bent and his right arm raised, and his left leg bent; in the field, a fillet; head of a draped woman to left with krotala; wreathed lyre player to right holding the lyre in his left hand and the plektron in his right; in the field, a fillet; draped woman to left, wearing a patterned garment with her right arm bent behind her head, holding krotala; part of a kline and drapery of a symposiast; tail of a dog lying underneath the kline; below the figures, three black glaze lines, a band of upright lotuses; three black glaze lines; and a band of rays; on the second fragment, bent left arm, lower back, buttocks, and legs of a male to left standing in front a psykter inside of a calyx-krater, holding a ladle in his left hand; bent right arm and lower body of a woman to right, wearing a patterned garment; part of a kline and a draped symposiast wearing a patterned himation; in front of the kline, a table with meat hanging from it; below the kline, a crouching dog to right; below the figures, three black glaze lines, a band of upright lotuses; three black glaze lines; and a band of rays

Artist

Unknown

Date

third quarter of the 6th 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