Panathenaic Prize Amphora
... It is a lidded amphora titled the “Panathenaic Prize Amphora” (catalogue number: 39. ... This piece of terra-cotta pottery is decorated on two sides with scenes of the natural clay pigment, framed in glossy black paint, acting as the background for figures also painted onto the vase – otherwise known as the “black-figure style” (however, it seems unusual that this piece was done in the black-figure style given that the unanimously popular red-figure style had been developed well before the prize amphora’s creation). ... ’ The opposite side of the amphora is decorated with a single male figure in what I would call a ‘battle pose. ... This translates as “from the games at Athens” – hence them titling this amphora as a prize. ... It is also worth noting that this amphora’s specific design includes an enticingly curvaceous shape that provides much aesthetic value to the overall appearance of this work.