Terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 560–550 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 14 5/8 in. ( cm.), Vases


Terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 560–550 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 14 5/8 in. ( cm.), Vases, Obverse, Herakles battling a centaur, Reverse, Warrior battling a centaur. The warrior depicted on the reverse of the vase may be a lapith. The fight of the lapiths, a Thessalian clan usually represented in hoplite armor, and the centaurs was a common depiction in early Archaic Greek Art


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