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Description: | Attic black figure lekythos with tapering cylindrical body, sloping shoulder, narrow neck, flaring mouth. Vertical ribbon handle on one side of the neck and disc foot. Rim, external handle, the bottom two thirds of the body and the foot are black glazed. On the shoulder there are two opposite cocks, which evoke the competition, in this case the horse-race contest that it is represented on the body. The main scene depicts a nude youth (athlete) on horseback towards right, flanked by two nude grooms, and two draped judges. Detail incised and red overpainted for hair | Subjects: | Greece Europe Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.80684 | Go to resource |
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