Wine Flask

M10483

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Trefoil-mouthed oinochoe, made in Campania, decorated in the red-figure technique. The neck has a laurel wreath, and there are large palmettes and a wave pattern underneath the main scene. Two young men ride galloping horses and seem to be conversing with each other, the yound male ahead turning his head towards the man who is following him and who has his left arm raised. Details in the horse's neck are in white dots with a yellowish colour on top of it, while the youth's head crowns are a detail in one of the man's waist are also in the white and yellow. The oinochoe is broken has a repaired riim and minor abrasions.