Terracotta amphora with lid

A terracotta amphora with a conical lid and two looped handles, decorated in black-figure technique on a buff ground. A reclining figure with a fish tail lies beneath a row of hanging motifs on the shoulder, while small panels below show a bird and a fish in framed fields.

Look closer: A small bird with spread wings in the left panel below the shoulder band.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1593 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 2012