Oinochoe, with mouth fashioned in the form of a gryphon's head. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of vase, 'the mouth fashioned in the form of a gryphon's head. Round the body a lion devouring a stag. On either side is a horse grazing, and various geometrical patterns painted in brown on a drab ground, in a very early style. This unique specimen of arch...
Etruscan sarcophagus in painted terracotta, found at Cervetre, the ancient Caere. General view. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of General view of 'an Etruscan sarcophagus of painted terra-cotta, found at Cervetri, the ancient Caere. This consists of a coffin richly decorated with reliefs all round, the four corners of which rest each on a pedestal ornamented with the bust of a Siren or Har...