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Cylindrical container depicting the Battle of Greeks and Amazons in a Classical style
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Container carved with a disc shaped base vigorously represented frieze of Greeks fighting Amazons. Some of the Amazons are mounted.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Clive Foss
Title: Cylindrical container depicting the Battle of Greeks and Amazons in a Classical style
Description:
Container carved with a disc shaped base vigorously represented frieze of Greeks fighting Amazons.
Some of the Amazons are mounted.
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