Terracotta fragments of a lid

Unknown

mid-6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The largest fragment has the hind leg of a quadruped to left; part of a boar to right; below a red glazed line and part of a band of black glaze; a second fragment has on the top frieze part of a draped figure to left?; tail and hind quarters of a sphinx to right; below, in the bottom frieze, bit of the frontal face of a panther; back of the head and part of the wing of a sphinx to right; the third fragment has in the top frieze, a rosette in between two unidentified objects; in the bottom frieze, at the left, an unidentified object; at the right, part of the top of the head and bridge of the nose of a boar to left

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-6th 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