Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

570 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

In the top frieze, lower part of a palmette-lotus ornament; in between two rosettes, feet of an animal to left; in the second frieze, part of a boar to right; beneath the belly of the boar, a rosette with a red heart; panther to left; above and below the panther, a rosette, each with a red heart; part of the handle; in the third frieze, part of the face of a siren to right; palmette-lotus ornament; siren to left; panther to left; below the handle, a siren to right; hindquarters, hind leg, and tail of a panther to right; in the fourth frieze, part of a goat? to left; panther to left; hindquarters, hind leg and ear of a mule to right?; part of a panther to left; below, a band of rays; the small fragment has part of the neck, breast and wing of a siren to right

Artist

Unknown

Date

570 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