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CIRCA 500 B.C.
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A SMALL ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA
CIRCA 500 B.C.
Side A: Gigantomachy with armed Athena in combat with a fleeing giant, both wearing crested helmets and wielding a spear, a circular shield with two dolphins as a device between them
Side B: two armed warriors in combat, a circular shield with star device between them
Conjoined double palmettes on the neck, tongues around the shoulder, palmettes and tendrils under each handle, rays above the foot, details incised and in added red and white
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 500 B.C.
Side A: Gigantomachy with armed Athena in combat with a fleeing giant, both wearing crested helmets and wielding a spear, a circular shield with two dolphins as a device between them
Side B: two armed warriors in combat, a circular shield with star device between them
Conjoined double palmettes on the neck, tongues around the shoulder, palmettes and tendrils under each handle, rays above the foot, details incised and in added red and white
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
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