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Two nude men run with swords toward a third man.

Bell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch Race

Manner of Peleus Painter

Greek

Side A: Torch race: two runners with torches, altar, olive tree, prize hydria (water jar). Side B: Three youths, one with strigil, another with staff. Under rim: olive wreath; ground line: meander pattern; tongue pattern at handle attachments. Recomposed from fragments, with some inpainting.

Terracotta

Classical period, High

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