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| Keywords: Greek - Black-figure Kyathos - Walters 48219.jpg This kyathos depicts a characteristic battle scene two warriors or heroes fighting over a fallen soldier Two bearded soldiers attack each other with raised spears and large shields decorated with white motifs and red rims Their swords hang sheathed at their side The warrior on the left has knocked his opponent's helmet off his head while his opponent's spear is pointing at his throat In between a third warrior has collapsed on his right knee and uses his spear and shield for support Unlike the standing fighters in their short skirts he wears a short white garment belted with a bow On either side of this central scene a warrior with a shield is driving to the right in a quadriga a four-horse chariot Without identifying attributes or inscriptions the warriors depicted could be ordinary soldiers in battle or Greek heroes fighting at Troy The scene of two warriors fighting over the body of a fallen soldier is a familiar episode from accounts of the Trojan War; the recovery of the body and the armor of a dead comrade was crucial Even if the warriors depicted on this vessel are ordinary Greeks the imagery recalls the glory of the heroic warriors of the past ca 510 BC Archaic terracotta H with handle 5 11/16 x W with handle 5 3/8 in 14 4 x 13 6 cm ; H to rim 3 3/16 x Diam 4 1/8 in 8 1 x 10 4 cm accession number 48 219 7599 Ercole Canessa date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Galerie Georges Petit 1921 no 36 Sale American Art Galleries 1924 no 52 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Greek kyathoi Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
