Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)

A black-figure amphora with a two-horse chariot race painted around its body, the horses shown in full stride with riders leaning forward. The figures are silhouetted in black slip against the orange clay, with incised details and a black band below. Two handles and a banded neck frame the scene.

Look closer: A small shield and spear-like shape sits at the far left, partly hidden by the first horse's legs.

Artist

Leagros Group

Date

ca. 510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1907