Orange terracotta footed bowl with black-figure painted figures walking in a procession, rosettes, and a meander border at the rim.

Footed terracotta vessel with black-figure procession

A flared, footed terracotta vessel in black-figure technique, with a procession of figures walking among rosettes and a meander border at the rim. Dark silhouettes with incised details stand against the orange-red clay, and a band of lower leaf motifs runs below.

Artist: Ancient Greek
Date: late 6th century BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1445 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson

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