Black-glazed neck-amphora of the Nikosthenic type, ca. 525–520 BCE, decorated in the Six-Technique. On the neck (sides A and B): a nude woman wearing a wreath of leaves, earring, necklace, and bracelet, holding a flower and facing forward; a dog with a collar. On the handle: a tripod with two circular handles above a ground line.
A Nikosthenic amphora is a type of Attic vase invented in the late 6th century BC by the potter Nikosthenes, aimed specifically for export to Etruria. Inspired by Etruscan Bucchero types, it is the characteristic product of the Nikosthenes-Pamphaios workshop. Based on an Attic prototype found in Cerveteri, Etruria from the Louvre Museum Collection (amphore F114).
Dimensions H : 33,5 cm, maxL : 24cm