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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE HYDRIA
CIRCA 530 B.C.
With offset neck, angled shoulders, wide, flat rim, horizontal side handles, vertical handle from shoulder to rim, a flanged foot, rays at the base, tongue-pattern at the base of the neck, double row of ivy framing the main panel, a red band around the vase beneath the predella, details in added red and white, with, on the shoulder, a nude figure, probably Herakles, approaching a lion, to the left, a nude youth and a draped figure, to the right, a figure with a shield, on the predella, two deer and two panthers, and on the main panel, a quadriga, the driver standing in the chariot box, a groom in front, a bird in flight above--14 1/2 in. (36.25 cm) high
CIRCA 530 B.C.
With offset neck, angled shoulders, wide, flat rim, horizontal side handles, vertical handle from shoulder to rim, a flanged foot, rays at the base, tongue-pattern at the base of the neck, double row of ivy framing the main panel, a red band around the vase beneath the predella, details in added red and white, with, on the shoulder, a nude figure, probably Herakles, approaching a lion, to the left, a nude youth and a draped figure, to the right, a figure with a shield, on the predella, two deer and two panthers, and on the main panel, a quadriga, the driver standing in the chariot box, a groom in front, a bird in flight above--14 1/2 in. (36.25 cm) high