Terracotta pelike (jar)
Obverse, Apollo and his sister, Artemis, pouring libation at altar
Reverse, two women
Dressing in a long chiton, Apollo holds a kithara, the stringed instrument used for professional and public performances. He appears here in his role as leader of the nine muses and patron of the arts. Artemis pours liquid into the phiale held by her brother, and he in turn pours a libation onto the altar between them.
Reverse, two women
Dressing in a long chiton, Apollo holds a kithara, the stringed instrument used for professional and public performances. He appears here in his role as leader of the nine muses and patron of the arts. Artemis pours liquid into the phiale held by her brother, and he in turn pours a libation onto the altar between them.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pelike (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to an artist near the Chicago Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: mid-5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.191
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Chicago Painter
ca. 450 BCE
Chicago Painter
ca. 450 BCE
Chicago Painter
ca. 450 BCE
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
4th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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