Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar) ca. 510 B.C. Attributed to the Class of Cabinet des Médailles 218 Obverse, Herakles fighting Amazons; on the neck, fightReverse, Dionysos and satyrs; on the neck, courting sceneThe Nicosthenic neck-amphora is characterized by ribbon handles that are attached at the top of the lip and on the shoulder. In addition the body tends to be egg-shaped and the neck quite narrow. The shape is named after Nikosthenes, the enterprising owner of a potter's establishment that exported actively to Etruria. Nikosthenes signed his wares often and specialized in Atticizing Etruscan shapes that evidently appealed to his western clientele.. Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar) 254882 : Attributed to the Class of Cabinet des Mdailles 218, Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar), ca. 510 B.C., Terracotta, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm); diameter of mouth 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); diameter of foot 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum

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Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar) ca. 510 B.C. Attributed to the Class of Cabinet des Médailles 218 Obverse, Herakles fighting Amazons; on the neck, fightReverse, Dionysos and satyrs; on the neck, courting sceneThe Nicosthenic neck-amphora is characterized by ribbon handles that are attached at the top of the lip and on the shoulder. In addition the body tends to be egg-shaped and the neck quite narrow. The shape is named after Nikosthenes, the enterprising owner of a potter's establishment that exported actively to Etruria. Nikosthenes signed his wares often and specialized in Atticizing Etruscan shapes that evidently appealed to his western clientele.. Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar) 254882 : Attributed to the Class of Cabinet des Mdailles 218, Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar), ca. 510 B.C., Terracotta, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm); diameter of mouth 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); diameter of foot 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum

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