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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. Three holes in the picture field were formerly used for the attachment. No traces of paint have survived. Depicted are two Orientals standing opposite each other, kneeling and holding a round shield with a Gorgoneion. The Orientals are probably Amazons. They are dressed in long, belted robes, boots and Phrygian caps.

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. Three holes in the picture field were formerly used for the attachment. No traces of paint have survived. Depicted are two Orientals standing opposite each other, kneeling and holding a round shield with a Gorgoneion. The Orientals are probably Amazons. They are dressed in long, belted robes, boots and Phrygian caps.
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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. Three holes in the picture field were formerly used for the attachment. No traces of paint have survived. Depicted are two Orientals standing opposite each other, kneeling and holding a round shield with a Gorgoneion. The Orientals are probably Amazons. They are dressed in long, belted robes, boots and Phrygian caps.
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Taille de l'image:
3848 x 3258 px | 35.9 MB
Taille d'impression:
32.6 x 27.6 cm | 12.8 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)