Figures Riding an Elephant
A small terracotta relief shows three figures riding an elephant, the animal's head and curled trunk at right. The riders are modeled in close rows, the front one seated higher, with a warm clay surface and worn traces of earth tone.
Look closer: A topknot of hair sits on the head of the rightmost rider.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 3000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987