Terracotta amphora (jar)
Obverse, Herakles battling a centaur
Reverse, Warrior battling a centaur
The warrior depicted on the reverse of the vase may be a lapith. The fight of the lapiths, a Thessalian clan usually represented in hoplite armor, and the centaurs was a common depiction in early Archaic Greek Art. The artistic representation of this battle even continued into Roman times and appears in Latin literature, including Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Reverse, Warrior battling a centaur
The warrior depicted on the reverse of the vase may be a lapith. The fight of the lapiths, a Thessalian clan usually represented in hoplite armor, and the centaurs was a common depiction in early Archaic Greek Art. The artistic representation of this battle even continued into Roman times and appears in Latin literature, including Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta amphora (jar)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.)
Diameter 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm.) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.103
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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