Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)

Unknown Artist

Part the lower torso and legs of a warrior to left, wearing a chitoniskos, with a round shield and spear; at the left, part of the panel ornament of a pelike: chain of pomegranates

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

510-490 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.2.134
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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