Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Satyr and Horse
Unknown Artist
c. 520–510 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
h. 0.9 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1915.533.c
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This small fragment preserves part of a harnessing scene. At left is part of the muzzled head of a horse, guided by a red-bearded satyr wearing a wreath. Before him are the hands of a charioteer—perhaps Dionysos—holding reins and a goad, with a branch in the background. The unfinished interior identifies this as part of a closed vessel, likely a neck-amphora.