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Description: | Decorated with black over a red slip or wash. The mouth is painted black inside and out, to the join with the neck as is the outer surface of the handle. At the top of the shoulder is a frieze of elongated dots and then a frieze of tongues. On the rim of the shoulder is a black line. Below this on the body of the pot are a group of figures.The central figure is a mounted horseman moving right and weilding a spear, held horizontally. He is wearing a helmet and corslet (a piece of body armor for the trunk) over a chiton (blouse or shirt). The horseman is beset by two Hoplites (infantrymen) one from behind and the other from the front. The one behind is advancing to the right and has his spear raised and his sheild held before him. The other hoplite is a mirror image of the first. The figures stand on a ground consisting of a black line. Thereafter is a reserved (unpainted) band then a black band followed by another reserved band. The remainder to the toe is painted black. The underside is reserved. D. 1981.23 (written in black ink on the base). A64043 (written in black ink on the base). Unknown MANU Uknown. circa -490 Attica, Greece This is an Attic black figure one handled perfume or scent bottle. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | GREEK : POT : HSP03 : BOTTLE : EXIT3139 : PERFUME : RJONES2804 : EUROPE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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