Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a Nicosthenic neck-amphora (jar)?

Unknown Artist

Fragment from the handle of a neck-amphora with impressed decoration: hindquarters of a griffin

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

Last quarter of the 7th century B.C.

Terracotta; bucchero pesante

2011.604.10.258

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