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Attic Red-Figure Kalpis Fragment

Date

about 480–470 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Body fragment, with part of the black palmette border above. The fragment preserves the upper torso and partially preserved head of a bearded male to right, wearing a chitoniskos and a dotted headband. He holds a vessel in his right hand; only its handle remains. The rendering of the figure's beard, as well as his posture, suggest he may have been part of a scene in which Herakles fights the Egyptian king Busiris. Adapted from Neer, R., CVA Malibu 7 (1997).

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