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Etruscan Terracotta Amphora with Lid in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2018
Terracotta amphora with lid
Period:Archaic
Date:3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Culture:Etruscan
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware
Dimensions:H.: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 2012Accession Number:2012.26a, b
On the shoulder panel, obverse, two mermen. On the reverse, two confronted dogs. Around the lower body, six metopes with birds.
This colorful and unusual vase presents an enterprising Etruscan artist's interpretation of an originally Greek shape and type of decoration. The amphora, with its lid, two-part handles, echinus foot, and rays at the base of the body as well as the black-figure technique, depends on Athenian prototypes of the mid-sixth century B.C. The placement of the panels, their subject matter, and the contrast between black and red in the use of color reflect an independent Etruscan spirit. The metopes filled with birds recall the Attic cup by the Amasis Painter showing the stables of Poseidon (exhibited in Gallery 154). The function of the amphora would probably have been for storage. The closest parallel is another amphora in the university museum in Bonn, Germany.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/258556
Period:Archaic
Date:3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Culture:Etruscan
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware
Dimensions:H.: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 2012Accession Number:2012.26a, b
On the shoulder panel, obverse, two mermen. On the reverse, two confronted dogs. Around the lower body, six metopes with birds.
This colorful and unusual vase presents an enterprising Etruscan artist's interpretation of an originally Greek shape and type of decoration. The amphora, with its lid, two-part handles, echinus foot, and rays at the base of the body as well as the black-figure technique, depends on Athenian prototypes of the mid-sixth century B.C. The placement of the panels, their subject matter, and the contrast between black and red in the use of color reflect an independent Etruscan spirit. The metopes filled with birds recall the Attic cup by the Amasis Painter showing the stables of Poseidon (exhibited in Gallery 154). The function of the amphora would probably have been for storage. The closest parallel is another amphora in the university museum in Bonn, Germany.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/258556
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