Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 520 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm), Vases, Obverse, Herakles and Triton, Reverse, courting scene. Herakles wrestling the sea creature Triton was a particularly appropriate decoration for hydriai (water jars). Though the observers are not central to the action, it is interesting to see how they are treated
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Terracotta neck-amphora, jar, Archaic, ca, 520 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 12 3/8, 31.5 cm, Vases, Obverse, Herakles, Triton, Reverse, courting scene, Herakles wrestling, sea creature Triton, particularly appropriate, decoration, hydriai, water jars, observers, central, action, interesting, see, treated
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