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Disk, possible forgery

Black-figure 5th century BCE

Interior (decoration incised into black ground): 5 registers, showing animal friezes; warrior, chariot and hound; standing woman, Nike(?) and Eros, bird on rock; lion and deer. Exterior (black silhouettes): flute-playing satyr, dancing satyr, horseman, warrior, lioness(?), and boar. Pieced together from fragments.

Recomposed from fragments, with parts of rim added and filed-down foot(?).

Technique

Black-figure

Period

5th century BCE

Date

5th century BCE

Culture

Greek

Dimensions

D: 53.09 cm

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1960.325

Image Source

harvard

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