Title
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Medium; Technique
Terracotta; black-figure
Culture
Greek, Attic
Period
Archaic
Date
ca. 510–500 B.C.
Artist or Maker
Attributed to the Acheloös Painter
Dimensions
H. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm); diameter of mouth 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); diameter of foot 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm)
Classification
Vases
Credit Line
Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.171.22
On View: Gallery 171
Description
Additional Views (Total: 1)
Description
Obverse, women and man at fountain house
Reverse, woman and komasts (revelers)
However incomplete, this vase gives a very amusing picture of life in Athens, morning and evening. The figures on the obverse are at a fountain house, indicated by the architecture, the two panther's head waterspouts, and the block below on which to place hydriai (water jars) while they are being filled. Fountain houses were places where men and women could meet casually. On the reverse, three men wreathed with ivy disport themselves around a woman. The krotala (castanets) in her hand suggest that she is a hetaira, a professional entertainer.
However incomplete, this vase gives a very amusing picture of life in Athens, morning and evening. The figures on the obverse are at a fountain house, indicated by the architecture, the two panther's head waterspouts, and the block below on which to place hydriai (water jars) while they are being filled. Fountain houses were places where men and women could meet casually. On the reverse, three men wreathed with ivy disport themselves around a woman. The krotala (castanets) in her hand suggest that she is a hetaira, a professional entertainer.
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