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Amphora with Chariot and Driver
(Ancient Greece )
This red-figure doubleen depicts a charioteer driving biga to the right. Bearded, he wears a belted "xystis," and leans forward to urge on the two horses; the lower part of a goad he holds is preserved. The horses gallop right, heads held up high, front legs well off the ground.
On the back a bearded, mantled man wears a fillet. He stands to the left, right arm extended.
Provenance
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E. Hollis Hopkins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by purchase.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
11 15/16 x 7 1/8 in. (30.3 x 18.1 cm) (h. x max. diam.);
at rim: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm) (diam.);
at foot: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1961
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2235