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Pottery: red-figured neck-amphora. (a) Europa carried off by the bull. The bull gallops to left with Europa sitting on his back; she faces to front, supporting herself with her right on the neck and her left on the flank of the bull, wearing sleeved chiton, and himation of which the end floats back, a saccos embroidered with pairs of dots, and earrings. She looks back to right. (b) A companion of Europa, in chiton and himation, hair looped up, who runs to left with outstretched right arm, looking round to right. Drawing of Europa careless, but of fine style, the bull heavy and clumsy; the reverse sketchy. Brown inner markings, hair on tail, and wavy strokes on neck of bull, also lower folds of chiton in b. Below a, sets of three maeanders in alternate directions, separated by dotted crosses ; below b, key pattern to right.
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