Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)?
Unknown Artist
second half of the 6th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.3.55
Art Historical Context
This terracotta fragment from an amphora, dating to the second half of the 6th century BCE, offers a glimpse into the vibrant of Archaic Attic Greek pottery. Produced in Athens during a period of artistic innovation and expanding trade, amphorae like this were essential storage and transport vessels for olive oil and wine, often to showcase the potter's and painter's skill. As a fragment, it survives from what was likely a large jar, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Greek and Roman Art Department, thanks to a 2011 gift from distinguished curator Dietrich von Bothmer. Attic vases...