Storage Jar (Neck Amphora) with Animals

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Storage Jar (Neck Amphora) with Animals

Culture Etruscan

Title Storage Jar (Neck Amphora) with Animals

Date 630–600 BCE

Medium Terracotta

Dimensions rim diameter: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Object: 18 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (46 × 29.5 cm)
Overall: 18 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (46 × 29.5 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 73.59.2

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Greek pottery from Corinth became very popular in Etruria. Etruscan artists soon began imitating the Corinthian style. However, on other vessels such as this amphora, the style is adapted rather than imitated. The single band of animals was created using the black-figure technique, but it is augmented by areas of added white and purple that reflect metalworking traditions. The surrounding scale-like decoration is also reminiscent of metalwork.

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"Storage Jar (Neck Amphora) with Animals | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=73.59.2