The Hunt
A painted clamshell shows a hunt in red and black pigment on its pale interior. A chariot with galloping horses and a figure with a bow pursues leaping deer and other animals across the curved surface.
Look closer: Small birds in flight near the top edge of the shell
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 300–100 BCE
- Medium
- Painted clamshell
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2720 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -100).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Homer H. Tielke Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke Sr.