Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The larger fragment has at the juncture of the neck and shoulder a band of tongues; below, at the left, lower body of a draped woman to left; head, neck, and upper torso of a draped woman to left; in between the two women, ivy; at the upper right, a palmette; the smaller fragment has part of a draped figure and parts of two palmette fronds

Artist

Unknown

Date

490–480 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