BLACK-FIGURE POTTERY

Exekias Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game 540-530 BCE. Terracotta amphora. Height 2 feet (Musei Vaticani, Rome) Exekias Dionysos Crossing the Sea c. 535 BCE. Terracotta kylix (interior), from Vulci, Italy. Diameter 41/2 inches (Museum Antiker Kleinkunst, Munich)

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