A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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F. ^, ^1 r^ ^ Leake Collection ; Vulci. iBtn^^f^a : a i^^ \^^A^\uy^ /^^Ttc-hj^viot, ^kr^-^^a^Lo. , ^ a^cL^cjr 30 VASES IN FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. 55, Hydria. Height, "35 m. ; with handle, '38 m. Ornamentation, side handles unpainted ; below panel, two purple lines, another above the rays that ascend from the base. Panel bordered at top by black bars in frames, at right side, on body, by ivy wreath ; at left by two lines only. Subject. Black figures, white and purple retouches. On shoulder. Athena t...o right attacking a kneeling giant, twice repeated with slight variation. She advances with raised spear, and is clad in chiton and short mantle hanging down over each arm. In the first group the giant faces her, and is falling back- wards ; in the second his body is turned away, but he turns back his head and holds up shield against her. At extreme left, behind Athena, a spectator, draped in a himation, and seated on a basket- shaped stool. On body. Departure of warriors in a four-horse chariot.
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