Amphora with Chariot and Driver

ca. 490-480 BC (Early Classical)

18.1 cm 30.3 cm

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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 groun...

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20732
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E. Hollis Hopkins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by purchase.
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en
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