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Athenian bell-krater, with Nike and draped youths

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An image of Vessel/ Bell-krater/bowl. (A) Nike, victor in horse-race, (B) draped youths. Clay, red-figured, height 0.32 m (approx), 450-400 B.C. Athenian. Classical Period.

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Vessel/ Bell-krater/bowl. (A) Nike, victor in horse-race, (B) draped youths. Clay, red-figured, height 0.32 m (approx), 450-400 B.C. Athenian. Classical Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.8.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 129.92kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2012:05:24 11:37:38

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5th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Athenian Attic BC bell krater broken classical antiquity Classical Greek Period clay cracked damaged Fitz_ANT Greek handled krater mythological mythology pottery red-figured two-handled vessel youth

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