Fragment from the foot of an Attic stand showing two warriors fighting - ROM2005_4072_1

ROM2005_4072_1

Fragment from the foot of an Attic stand showing two warriors fighting

Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece; findspot unknown
Date: about 750-730 BC
Period: Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric I period
Dimensions:
9.6 x 6 cm
Object number: 957X245
On view
Gallery Location:Gallery of the Bronze Age Aegean
Description

This fragment is probably one foot of an Athenian fenestrated tripod stand. It shows two warriors facing each other with their swords crossed, and their other hands raised to touch the heads of their opponent. The depiction of the figures in silhouette, and the headress (or hair) of the warriors is typical of the Late Geometric period. 

The other feet of the stand would have displayed similar images.

Cataloguer: Dr. John W. Hayes (ROM Staff, 1968-1992)
Cataloguer: Dr. Kate Cooper (2012 to present)
Collection:
Greek World
Department: Art & Culture: Ancient Greece & Rome
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