Neck-amphora fragment, Tyrrhenian group, Attic black-figure

A broken terracotta fragment from an Attic black-figure vessel, its orange clay showing through black glaze. Dotted white ornament and incised lines outline a figure's drapery and a band of patterned decoration, with a short painted inscription near the center.

Artist

Prometheus Painter

Date

ca. 575–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1960 × 1952 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Matilda W. Bruce, 1907 (07.156.7) Gift of Mario Astarita, 1956 (56.128)