Apulian Pottery Pelike with Running Figures and Funerary Altar
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An Apulian Pottery Pelike, attributed to the painter of Bologna 498, circa 4th century BC, decorated to one side with a running female figure bouncing a ball and a running male figure, nude except for a chalmys over his shoulder, the other side decorated with two standing male figures either side of the funerary altar, with a meander ground line, 23.5 cm high, 17 cm wide
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