Fragment of an ancient Greek terracotta krater with black-figure painting of standing figures, a bird, a winged creature and an animal.

Fragment of a Black-Figure Column Krater with Figures, Birds and Animals

A broken terracotta vessel fragment shows black-figure painting on a buff ground. A standing figure in a long patterned robe and a helmeted warrior appear at left, with a large bird and a grazing animal below and a winged creature at right. Thin incised lines and painted bands frame the scene.

Artist: Ancient Greek
Date: 580-570 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2129 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -570).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Costa A. Pandaleon Endowment

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