Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles

Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Obverse, youth pursuing woman
Reverse, youth and boy holding lyre

In this sword-brandishing youth, every Athenian would have recognized the stance of the figure of Aristogeiton in the famous group of statues of the Tyrannicides.

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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