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Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Satyr and Horse
c. 520–510 BCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Satyr and Horse
- Date Created: c. 520–510 BCE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Through Harold Woodbury Parsons, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.533.c
- Medium: ceramic
- Fun Fact: Greek horsemen often muzzled their horses to prevent biting.
- Department: Greek and Roman Art
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: GR - Greek
- Accession Number: 1915.533.c
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