Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

One fragment has, at the shoulder, a band of degenerate tongues; below, head, neck, and bent right arm of a boxer to right; at the far left, handle attachment; the second fragment has at the shoulder, a band of degenerate tongues; below, head, neck, and frontal torso of a filleted boxer with his hands raised; at the right, an unidentified object

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