Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

A red-figure chous on a dark ground shows a bearded satyr playing pipes at left, a small nude youth carrying a torch, and a figure riding a donkey at right. A decorative key pattern runs around the lower body and neck. The procession suggests a festive Dionysian scene.

Look closer: A small bird or ornament is hard to see; the lower key band repeats around the foot.

Artist

Eretria Painter

Date

ca. 430–420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3791 × 3792 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1908