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Collection: | London, British Museum |
Summary: | Chariot in battle |
Ware: | Attic Red Figure |
Painter: | Attributed to the Diosphos Painter |
Context: | From Kameiros |
Date: | ca. 495 BC - ca. 480 BC |
Dimensions: | H 6 3/4 inches |
Shape: | Alabastron |
Beazley Number: | 390391 |
Region: | Dodecanese |
Period: | Late Archaic |
Decoration Description:
A quadriga half-turned to the left carries a warrior with high-crested helmet and shield. The shield has a device three white pellets. The quadriga is shown in three-quarter view as it turns. The warrior is pursuing another who retreats to the left, looking back. He is fully armed with a chlamys over his shoulders and a shield. His shield device is a bull's head. In the field there are imitation inscriptions.
The design is in black on a drab ground with added red. Above the design there are palmettes. On either side of the vase are ears.
Inscriptions:
In the field there are imitation inscriptions.
Collection History:
Found in 1864
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