Architectural relief (Amazons with Gorgonian shield), clay, hand modeled, pressed, pressed into the mold, clay, Total: Height: 26 cm; Width: 31 cm, ceramics, architecture, Gorgons, Amazons, ornaments, Medusa head, High Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, This architectural plate represents a preliminary stage of the so-called Campana reliefs. Comparable pieces were found in Metapont. The image field is closed at the bottom by a palmette band and at the top by a geison. To the left and right are half a palmette with a lancet leaf each, which prove that the plate was part of a repeat.


Size: 3848px × 3258px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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