Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)

Attributed to the Prometheus Painter
ca. 570–560 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Obverse, warrior between two roosters
Reverse, two rams charging

Vases of the Tyrrhenian Group, such as this one, are interesting for the transition that they document from an earlier tradition favoring animal subjects to later convention that made figural subjects predominant on black-figure neck-amphorae.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Prometheus Painter
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 570–560 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.11.4
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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