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Orange terracotta amphora with black-figure animals with curled horns leaping toward each other, flanked by two looped handles and a palmette band.

Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)

A terracotta neck-amphora decorated in black-figure style, with two leaping animals with curled horns facing each other across an orange body framed by black bands. Looped handles rise from the shoulder to the neck, which carries a palmette and rosette pattern above a short foot.

Artist
Prometheus Painter
Date
ca. 570–560 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -560).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1956

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