Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)

Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, Athena
Reverse, chariot race

From the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. on, victors in the contests for the Panathenaic festival in Athens were awarded a standardized vase containing one metretes (about forty-two quarts) of olive oil from sacred olive groves in Attica. The official decoration on the front was a picture of a statue of Athena, fully armed, standing between two columns. The event for which the vase was awarded was illustrated on the back. This vase was the prize of a victor in the prestigious chariot race.

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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