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Attributed to the Paris Painter
Upper frieze, procession of centaurs
Lower frieze, procession of lions
The unified series of friezes on this vase has no specific narrative content. Instead, the artist seems to have delighted in combining patterns and colors to create a highly ornate object.
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Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Artist:
Attributed to the Paris Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 575–550 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware
Dimensions: H. 13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1955
Object Number: 55.11.1
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