Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

second quarter of the sixth century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

In the top frieze, parts of two sirens to left; in the second frieze, part of a palmette-lotus ornament; sphinx to left; part of a goat to left; in the third frieze, head, neck, and foreleg of a ram to right; panther to left; part of the hindquarters, tail, and leg of a deer to right?; below, black glaze

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the sixth 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