Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine) 520 BC

This black-figure terracotta psykter (a type of vase used for cooling wine) was made by the Athenian potter Oltos around 520 BC. The vase is decorated with a scene of two warriors riding dolphins, a motif commonly found on Athenian pottery of this period. Oltos's style is characterized by fine detail, particularly in the representation of the warriors' armor and the dolphins' bodies. The psykter is now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.