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On the obverse , Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus ; on the reverse , the
Chimaera ; the painting is like that on the painted sarcophagi from Asia Minor .
Compare B 116 1 , 2 , figures of mounted Amazons , with the fragments of a
painted ...
On the obverse , Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus ; on the reverse , the
Chimaera ; the painting is like that on the painted sarcophagi from Asia Minor .
Compare B 116 1 , 2 , figures of mounted Amazons , with the fragments of a
painted ...
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The inscriptions * usually run that so - and - so émoindev made the vase or
čypayev painted it . Sometimes two persons are named , of whom one ' made '
and the other painted . In the latter case the meaning of the inscriptions is clear .
Where ...
The inscriptions * usually run that so - and - so émoindev made the vase or
čypayev painted it . Sometimes two persons are named , of whom one ' made '
and the other painted . In the latter case the meaning of the inscriptions is clear .
Where ...
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Drinking horns ( or Rhytons ) moulded in the forms of animals ' heads , and
having the upper parts painted in the red - figure style . One example , F 431 , is
arranged , by a caprice , to terminate in a head which is half a boar and half a
dog .
Drinking horns ( or Rhytons ) moulded in the forms of animals ' heads , and
having the upper parts painted in the red - figure style . One example , F 431 , is
arranged , by a caprice , to terminate in a head which is half a boar and half a
dog .
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Roman Gallery Busts and statues of Roman Emperors and | 1 |
Nereid Room Sculptures of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos | 63 |
Mausoleum Room Large Lycian TombsSculptures of the tomb | 75 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Editor | British museum (Londres). Department of Greek and Roman antiquities |
| Contributor | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Trustees of the British Museum, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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