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Body Fragment of a Relief Pithos

Date

650–625 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Cretan)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Two horses standing on their hind legs face each other on this relief from the body of a large pithos (storage vessel). The animals support their lowered forelegs on a block with spirals, possibly an altar. Impressed rosettes decorate the left and right borders of the relief, while a spiral wave pattern runs along the lower edge. Cretan potters often decorated pithoi with molded animals and mythological figures.

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