Detail of a Terracotta Neck-Amphora Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2023

Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Artist: Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 490 BCE

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions: H. 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm); diameter 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941

Object Number: 41.162.189

Obverse, warrior departing
Reverse, satyrs and maenad

Although the Kleophrades Painter used the red-figure technique predominantly, he was perfectly conversant with black-figure, as indicated by his Panathenaic prize amphorae. While the decoration of this vase is similar to that of examples of the late sixth century B.C., the fluidity of the incision, the rendering of the satyrs' tails, and the procession of animals drawn without articulation indicate a red-figure hand.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254360