hydrie d'Odios

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Decoration: on shoulder; garland (ivy leaf, berry, point, remains) on body; area; mythological scene (remains); Odios (petasus, himation, holding, caduceus); Ajax (helmet, cuirass, chiton, greaves, holding, spear); figure (remains, leg); Nestor (remains, leg); Phoenix (himation, followed by); figure (2, remains, leg) under handle (vertical); head (swan, 2, reversed, surmounting); plant decoration (palmette, lotus bud, volute, surmounted by); sphinx (2, opposite) at the handle attachment (horizontal); tabs on body (at the bottom); net; band; radiating edges on foot; tabs (remains) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; part of the shoulder, a large part of the belly with a handle and part of the foot remain; the shape was reconstructed for the reassembly of the preserved fragments. The surface is very worn, the highlights erased.

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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