Terracotta bail-amphora (jar), Hellenistic, ca. 330–310 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm), Vases, Obverse, Bellerophon and the chimaera, Reverse, two youths. The Ixion Painter was the foremost Campanian artist of the later fourth century, and the bail-amphora was favored in that region. The painter exploited the awkward, narrow verticality to depict Pegasos and Bellerophon airborne above the wounded chimaera
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Terracotta bail-amphora, jar, Hellenistic, ca, 330–310 B.C, Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 24 3/4, 62.9 cm, Vases, Obverse, Bellerophon, chimaera, Reverse, two youths, Ixion Painter, foremost Campanian artist, later fourth, century, bail-amphora, favored, region, painter exploited, awkward, narrow verticality, depict Pegasos, Bellerophon airborne, wounded
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