Detail View: The AMICA Library: Neck Amphora (Wine Jar)
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1974.10
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Nikosthenes
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Creator Nationality:
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Greek
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Nikosthenes
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Title:
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Neck Amphora (Wine Jar)
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 530 BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-532
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Creation End Date:
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-528
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Materials and Techniques:
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black-figure terracotta
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 31.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1974.10
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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The distinctive shape of this amphora is a trademark of the potter Nikosthenes, who signed his name below one handle. More than one hundred vases are known to be from the same workshop; almost all of them were found in Etruria. Although they were madein Greece, they appealed much more to an Etruscan clientele because the form was modeled on Etruscan metal and clay prototypes.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1974.10.tif
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