Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine)
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in January 2006. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Horsemen, their names inscribed
These five boys on horseback, carrying spears and wearing identical broad-brimmed hats and colorful short cloaks, apparently belong to the golden youth of Athens, for only the wealthiest classes of citizens could afford to keep a horse.
These five boys on horseback, carrying spears and wearing identical broad-brimmed hats and colorful short cloaks, apparently belong to the golden youth of Athens, for only the wealthiest classes of citizens could afford to keep a horse.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine)
- Artist: Attributed to Smikros
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: diameter 4 3/16in. (10.7cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Lent by the Republic of Italy
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art