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Red figure cup fragment: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man

Red figure cup fragment: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man

active c. 490 BCE - c. 470 BCE

The Brygos Painter

Greek

Interior: head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a thick fillet facing right, h imation folds at left shoulder. Side A: toes of right foot, end of staff, heel of figure moving to right. Single reserve line for ground line. Relief contours; preliminary sketch on interior; dilute glaze for beard on cheek, and for fillet. Relief contours on exterior. Greatest dim. 3.9 cm.; thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.34 cm.

Terracotta

Classical period, Early

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