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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora. Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H: 25 in. (63.5 cm). Date: ca. 500 B.C.. Obverse, Athena Reverse, pankration (athletic contest) and judge After the mid-sixth century B.C., artists' signatures do not appear on Panathenaic prize amphorae. It seems, however, that certain artists used their own "trademark" shield devices. The Kleophrades Painter favored Pegasos, the winged horse. The reverse of this vase depicts the pankration, which combined wrestling, boxing, and kicking. The inclusion of the judge may highlight the particular danger of the event to the competitors.
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Title: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora
Caption: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora. Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H: 25 in. (63.5 cm). Date: ca. 500 B.C.. Obverse, Athena Reverse, pankration (athletic contest) and judge After the mid-sixth century B.C., artists' signatures do not appear on Panathenaic prize amphorae. It seems, however, that certain artists used their own "trademark" shield devices. The Kleophrades Painter favored Pegasos, the winged horse. The reverse of this vase depicts the pankration, which combined wrestling, boxing, and kicking. The inclusion of the judge may highlight the particular danger of the event to the competitors.
Technique/material: Terracotta; black-figure
Period: ARCHAIC
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3276 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Print size: 27.7 × 34.7 cm | 1289.8 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: AMPHORAE • ÁNFORAS • ARCHAIC • CLAY • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • TERRACOTTA • TERRACOTTA; BLACK-FIGURE • VASES • VESSELS