[1] All of the imagery on the Kleophrades terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora is in black-figure style, a painting technique popularized during the Archaic period.

The background of the images acquires a red hue through the firing process of the clay; no paint or pigment is added to achieve this color.

Lastly, the potter would re-open the ventilation to re-oxygenate the kiln and allow the temperature to drop, thus causing the non-decorated regions to revert to their natural red color.

[4] While the majority of the black-figure painting on this amphora is the figurative depictions of Athena Promachos and the Pankration, the painter also added small, geometric decorative elements to the neck and base of the vessel.

[6] The inclusion of both Athena Promachos and the Panathenaic Pankration in this prize amphora combines his two most popular subjects into one cohesive work.