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Description: | Red figure Pseudo-Panathenaic amphora with wide flaring rim, offset neck and sloping shoulder, vertical strap handles curving up from mid neck to the shoulder, ovoid body tapering to a stemmed circular base (broken off). A band of white overpainted laurel decorates the rim, followed by blac palmettes on the upper neck. The rest of the neck has fluted vertical black lines. The main scene on the body depicts a female and a youth at a stele. The youth, nude stood, with a robe draped around his shoulders, with a patera and a taenia. The woman seated with her head turned towards the stele, holds a patera, is dressed in a sleeveless chiton and wears earrings, neklace and bracelets. Accessories and stele are in white overpaint. On the reverse there are two draped youths at the sides of a stele, flanked on either side by palmettes and scrolls. There are motifs, and floral, geomeric objects around the figures. | Subjects: | Italy. Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.80404 | Go to resource |
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