stamnos

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Decoration: on shoulder; tabs; on belly (side A and B); departure of Triptolemus; Triptolemus (diadem, ?, himation, half-draped, holding, phiale, sceptre, ?, seated, on, chariot, wing, in front of); Kore (?, remains, diadem, chiton, himation, half-draped, holding, torch: flame, oenochoe, making, libation); Demeter (?, remains, headband, peplos, holding, torch, ear of wheat); Pluto (?, remains, chiton, himation, holding, sceptre); goddess (?, remains, headband, chiton, himation, half-draped, holding, oenochoe, ?, torch); Dionysus (?, remains, chiton, himation, half-draped, holding, kantharos, thyrsus); goddess (diadem, chiton, himation, holding, scepter) on belly (bottom); meander (including, crosspiece) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck and the foot; lacunae filled in plaster; worn surface; numerous small chips; reglued; two unintegrated fragments from the Metropolitan Museum of New York (NY 1986.99.5 A, B) complete the scepter of Triptolemus and Pluto

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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