Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)

Unknown Artist

Unidentified subject; part of the panel ornament of a pelike, which consists of a chain of linked palmettes

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

500-480 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.2.102
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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