CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER
circa mid 6th century b.c.
One side with confronting warriors, each helmeted and bearing a spear, their shields overlapping at center, the shield to the right with a bird as the device, a horseman with a spear to the right and left; the other side with four horsemen with spears moving right, a large bird with outstretched wings below each handle, a small bird to the right on one side, a band of tongue above each scene, with angled lines on the rim, a bird with a sickle-shaped wing on each handle plate
15 in. (38.1 cm) high
circa mid 6th century b.c.
One side with confronting warriors, each helmeted and bearing a spear, their shields overlapping at center, the shield to the right with a bird as the device, a horseman with a spear to the right and left; the other side with four horsemen with spears moving right, a large bird with outstretched wings below each handle, a small bird to the right on one side, a band of tongue above each scene, with angled lines on the rim, a bird with a sickle-shaped wing on each handle plate
15 in. (38.1 cm) high