| Vase Catalog Number: Louvre A 514
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| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre |
| Summary: | Most of the body is covered with bands of geometric ornament. Between the handles is a frieze comprised largely of a maeander, with a horse, shown profile toward the center of the vase, next to each handle. |
| Ware: | Attic Geometric |
Shape: | Pyxis |
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| Date: | 800 B.C. |
Period: | Geometric |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.355 m; H. (cover) 0.205 m; H. (total) 0.56 m; Diam. (max.) 0.382 m; Diam. (pres.) 0.26 m; D. (cover) 0.255 m |
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Sources Used: CVA, Louvre 16, III.Hb, pls. 3.1-2, 4.1-2, 5.2, 50.1-2
(Amy C. Smith)
Keywords:horse, meander
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