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

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early 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Two fragments from the flaring mouth of a Nicosthenic amphora; the larger fragment has, on the top of the mouth, part of a band of palmettes and lotuses; the smaller fragment has, on the top of the mouth, tendrils and part of a lotus; on the underside of the mouth, an unidentified subject

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 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