amphora

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Decoration: on belly (side A); man (petasus, beard, chiton, himation, holding, lance, near); charioteer (chiton, holding, reins, driving); quadriga (horse, 4, remains, 3, harness, turning, three-quarter view) on belly (side B); departure of the warrior; hoplite (remains, himation, greaves, holding, shield, between); old man (remains, chiton, himation) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (bottom); meander; lotus bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck, the upper part of the belly, the handles and the foot; gaps (area under handle AB, bottom of the belly, center of side B) completed in plaster; reattached; worn white highlights

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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