Terracotta fragments of an oinochoe (jug)

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last quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

One fragment has, on the neck, a right ward key pattern; below, on the shoulder, a band of tongues; bit of the forehead, top of the head, left ear, and nape of the neck of a woman to left (maenad?); part of a vine; a second fragment has a bit of the arm, protruding from the drapery of a woman (maenad?); the fragments are burnt

Artist

Unknown

Date

last quarter of the 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