Detail of a South Italian Neck-Amphora Attributed to the APZ Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012

Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Artist: Attributed to the APZ Painter

Period: Late Classical

Date: ca. 330–300 BCE

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. 31 in. (78.7 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906

Accession Number: 06.1021.231


On the body, obverse, youth and horse within a naiskos between women
Reverse, four youths
On the neck, obverse, woman. Reverse, Eros

Ownership of a horse was a mark of wealth and status. It is noteworthy that the horse here is primary and that the group is not fully contained by the structure.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247394