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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activities that may be interpreted as rituals in honour of Demeter, a goddess mostly concerned with women's lives, agriculture and fertility. The first man whom Demeter had taught to plough was Bouzyges and members of that Athenian family performed an annual ceremony at the foot of the Acropolis. GR 1906.12-15.1
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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activ...

Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, from the Brygos tomb at Capua, Campania, Italy. The sphinx was coated in fine,white slip. The red-figure scenes on the cup show Kekrops, the legendary, snake-bodied king of Athens. The spout between the front legs of the sphinx was closed, probably with a finger, while the cup was filled and the wine then allowed to flow out, from a considerable height, into a cup or bowl below. GR 1873.8-20,265
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Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, fr...

Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthian, around 640 BCE. Despite its tiny size, the figure scene on this perfume bottle shows seventeen fully-armed warriors, each armed with plumed helmet,spear and blazoned shield. Scenes below show a horse-race and a hare-hunt. GR, 1889.4-18.1
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Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthi...

Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535
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Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A...

Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. The message scratched into the rim records its dedication to Aphrodite by a man named Sostratos. The bowl was found in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis, a Greek trading settlement in the Nile Delta, where the Greeks were free to worship their own gods. Gr 1888.6-1.456
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Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. Th...

Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1300 BCE. From Maroni,Cyprus. This vase is a fine example of Mycenean pictorial Style pottery. Such vases were popular exports from Mycenean Greece to Cyprus, where many of them have been found. GR, 1911.4-28.1
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Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1...

Vase decorated with bulls and birds, Mycenean, from tomb 83, Enkomi,Cyprus, 1300-1200 BCE. It shows a cattle-egret removing a tick from the hide of a bull. The reverse side shows a bull with a bird inthe air abive it. This vase is a fine example of Mycenean pottery;large numbers of Mycenean Pictorial Style vases were made on the Greek mainland and exported to Cyprus, where this one was found. GR 1897.4-1.1150
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Vase decorated with bulls and birds, Mycenean, from tomb 83, Enkomi,Cyprus, 1300...

Bowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes, made in Corinth. A frieze of panthers, deer, two sphinxes and a siren surround the staring face of the Gorgo Medusa. According to Greek legend, anyone who looked at the face of the Gorgo was instantly turned to stone. It seems likely, that such vessels also fulfilled an apotropaic function, warding off the evil eye from the user of the vessel. GR, 1861.4-25.46
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Bowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes,...

Pottery askos (perfume flask) in the form of a lion,340-300 BCE. Probably made in Chiusi in northern Etruria, where animal-shaped perfume containers were popular in the 4th century BCE. This type of ornate container was mainly produced at Chiusi (the Clusium-Group of pottery). GR, 1873.8-20.269
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Pottery askos (perfume flask) in the form of a lion,340-300 BCE. Probably made i...

Roman wall painting from the House of Jason, Pompeii: The Rape of Europe.
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Roman wall painting from the House of Jason, Pompeii: The Rape of Europe.

Clay ground 'Hadra' hydria (water-jar), Greek, probably from Egypt, c200 BC. This vase is decorated in the black-figure technique, with a bull's head flanked by swans in a panel between the handles. The plunging dolphins on the shoulder are a popular Hellenistic motif. The Greek word Dorotheou, 'of Dorotheos', incised above the bull's head, is the name of the person whose ashes this vase originally contained. 'Hadra' hydriai are named after the Alexandrian cemetery of Hadra where large numbers of them have been excavated. Some were made locally, but analysis of the clay has demonstrated that many, including this example, were imported from Crete. Their principal use appears to have been as ash-urns to contain the remains of foreign dignitaries who became ill and died while on official visits to the Egyptian court. GR, 1995.10-3.1
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Clay ground 'Hadra' hydria (water-jar), Greek, probably from Egypt, c200 BC. Thi...

Capital carved from alabastre from Volterra. H: 40 cm
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Capital carved from alabastre from Volterra. H: 40 cm