Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

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

On the top frieze, parts of four sirens; in the second frieze, head, chest, and feet of a siren to right; water bird; siren to left; below in the third frieze, part of a palmette lotus ornament

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