Terracotta onos (leg guard used in carding wool)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On each side, two quadrigae (four-horse chariots) On the end, two draped figures This implement connected with wool-working is also known as an epinetron. Although most of the preserved examples date to the late sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., their popularity returned during the last quarter of the fifth century B.C. The decoration usually refers to the activities of women.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art