Vase fragment
Unknown Artist
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
H. 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm) diameter 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture
East Greek/Sardis, Lydian
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Accession Number
26.199.150
Art Historical Context
This delicate terracotta vase fragment, just 1¼ inches high and 2⅛ inches in diameter, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the ancient world of East Greek and Lydian craftsmanship.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Greek and Roman Art Department it hails from Sardis—the opulent capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). Acquired as a gift from the American Society for theation of Sardis in1926, it survives from archaeological digs that uncovered the splendor of this wealthy civilization, famed for innovations like coined money around the 7th–6th centuries BCE. ...