Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
Obverse, Athena
Reverse, chariot race
The intensity of a competition is communicated in various ways on these prize jars. Often the emphasis is on the movement of the horses. Here it is expressed in the pose of the charioteer.
Reverse, chariot race
The intensity of a competition is communicated in various ways on these prize jars. Often the emphasis is on the movement of the horses. Here it is expressed in the pose of the charioteer.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Group of Copenhagen 99
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 530 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 24 13/16 in. (63 cm); diameter of mouth 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm); diameter of foot 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
- Object Number: 56.171.5
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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