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Vase Catalog Number: Munich 2640 (inv. no. Munich J 368)

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Collection:Munich, Antikensammlungen
Summary:Exterior, sides A and B: Centauromachy
Tondo: a Lapith spearing a Centaur
Ware:Attic Red Figure Shape:Cup
Painter:Attributed to the the Foundry Painter (by J.D. Beazley) Potter:
Context:From Vulci Region:
Date:ca. 500 B.C. - 480 B.C. Period:Late Archaic
Dimensions:
Primary Citation:ARV2, 402.22; Para, 370; Beazley Addenda 2, 231

Shape Description: Kylix

Sources Used: Boardman 1975, fig. 268

(Amy C. Smith)

Keywords:

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Archive NumberCaption
1993.01.0459Cup attributed to the Foundry Painter: Drawing of the tondo: Theseus spearing a centaur in the belly
1993.01.0458Cup attributed to the Foundry Painter: Drawing of side B, two Lapiths spearing a centaur; a Lapith grasping a centaur by the neck
1993.01.0457Cup attributed to the Foundry Painter: Drawing of side A, two Lapiths battling a centaur
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