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Agrigento: Red figure jar with marine motifs (4th c. BC)
Agrigento: Red figure jar with marine motifs (Mus.Agrigento; photo Athena Review 2004)
This 4th century jar with a cover and two handles (a large pyxis, or a skyphos with a lid) has well-preserved red-figure paintings by an unknown artist. The cover is painted with several kinds of fish, as well as mythical sea horses and a nereid.
The exterior wall of the bowl has a painted scene of a young man seated on a rock with a basket, facing a young woman.
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