Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water)

A tall Apulian red-figure vase with a black glaze, scroll handles and a lidded neck. Two friezes of standing figures, some holding objects, wrap the body, separated by bands of ornament and a central column-like motif.

Look closer: A small figure seated or standing near the lower frieze’s central column, partly hidden by ornament.

Artist

Darius Painter

Date

ca. 340–330 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2217 × 3839 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1911