An Attic black-figure lekythos
Circa 5th Century B.C.
The scene enlivened by incision, white slip and crimson, showing a combat scene with two warriors wearing high-crested helmets, both thrusting their spear into a bearded warrior in the centre, an attendant, each carrying a spear, standing on either side of the combatants, the neck decorated with linked lotus buds and dots, a band of strokes above, 7½in (19cm) high
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