Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

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

At the top left, part of a band of tongues from the shoulder; below in the top frieze, sphinx to right, looking to left; part of a siren to left; head, chest, and forelegs of a panther to left; in the second frieze, part of a palmette-lotus festoon; head, chest, and leg of a rooster to left; the in the third frieze, tail, hind quarters, and part of the back of a quadruped to left; head and a bit of the neck of a panther to left

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