Marble calyx-krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Marble, Pentelic, H. 31 3/4 in. (80.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The peristyle courtyards and gardens of the villas belonging to wealthy Romans were filled with fountains, sculpture, and monumental ornaments such as this vase. Many of these decorative works were eclectic combinations of shapes and motifs, drawn from the long, rich tradition of Greek art that had been produced some five hundred years earlier in the sixth and fifth centuries B
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Marble calyx-krater, reliefs, maidens, dancing maenads, Imperial, 1st century .D, Roman, Marble, Pentelic, H, 31 3/4, 80.7 cm, Stone Sculpture, peristyle, courtyards, gardens, villas belonging, wealthy Romans, filled, fountains, sculpture, monumental ornaments, vase, decorative works, eclectic combinations, shapes, motifs, drawn, long, rich tradition, Greek art, produced, five hundred, years, earlier, sixth, fifth centuries, B
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