A Large Campanian red-figure hydria by the Ixion Painter, ca. 330 - 310 BCE Medium - Stone Carved within the natural curvature

Carved within the natural curvature of the shell

as the crown would only have been worn by the pharaoh and certain deities

working the paint into shapes that are at once ordered and chaotic

Such beads have been found primarily in Egypt and Nubia but also in southern Russia and even Iran

breastplate

A Large Campanian red-figure hydria by the Ixion Painter, ca. 330 - 310 BCE Medium - Stone Carved within the natural curvatureThis beautifully decorated water vessel (Hydria) portrays fierce Greek colonists and Samnite warriors clashing in the height of battle. The Greeks, wearing greaves, shields and flying cloaks, fight Samnite warriors identified by their distinctive white tunics and iconic broad belts. All warriors wear helmets and carry weapons including swords, spears, axes, and clubs. Water vessels such as this example were used at Greek symposiums to water down wine