Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)

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

On the handle, a tripod; in the zone below the handle, [N]IKOSTHENES EPOIESEN; overlapping two zones, tail, buttock, and hind legs of a horse to left; leg of a draped warrior to right wearing a corselet and chitoniskos, with a greave; below the figures, black glaze; rays; the second fragment depicts, overlapping two zones, the forelegs of a horse to right; lower drapery and feet of a woman to right; part of the chest and forelegs of a horse to left; below the figures, black glaze; rays; the third fragment has part of a horse's tail

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