AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURE KYLIX
circa late 6th century b.c.
The tondo with a scene of a young charioteer brandishing a whip in one hand, holding the reins in the other, the middle horses with their heads turned in, a bird flying above, a stippled exergue below, encircled by a band of alternating teardrops, the exterior with a siren on one side, a double-bodied siren sharing a single head on the other side, the handles flanked by stylized lotuses and palmettes
46 in. (11 cm) high