Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Obverse, trainer and hoplitodromos (runner in armor)
Reverse, woman playing lyre and reveler
The shape of this neck-amphora harks back to an earlier generation with its squat proportions, short neck decorated with a black-figure palmette ornament, and two-part lip. Unusual also is the depiction of a woman playing the lyre on the reverse; in the context of a symposium (drinking party), lyres are more often played by men.
Reverse, woman playing lyre and reveler
The shape of this neck-amphora harks back to an earlier generation with its squat proportions, short neck decorated with a black-figure palmette ornament, and two-part lip. Unusual also is the depiction of a woman playing the lyre on the reverse; in the context of a symposium (drinking party), lyres are more often played by men.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Pig Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 490 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 24 in. (61 cm)
diameter of mouth 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm)
diameter of foot 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
- Object Number: 56.171.40
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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