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Wall-painting: seascape with fishermen, hunter, dolphin and birds. From the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia; c. 530-520 BCE; fresco. (original image)

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Wall-painting: musicians. From the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia; c. 520 BCE; fresco

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Alabastron (perfume vase) in the shape of a hare. c. 600 - 550 B.C.; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Jug in the shape of a siren. c. 550 - 500 B.C.; bucchero. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Statuette of a young woman. Late 6th century B.C.; bronze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

The artist was clearly inspired by archaic Greek korai, votive statues of young women, a connection especially noticeable in the typical frontal pose with right hand extended and left hand holding the garment. However, the sculptor was not especially concerned about the accurate depiction of costume. The Greek himation (cloak), for example, is misrepresented. The folds so prominently visible from the front are absent on the back of the statue, perhaps an indication that the artist was looking at a two-dimensional source such as a relief sculpture or vase painting rather than a sculpture in the round. In any case, he clearly was more interested in rich surface embellishment than in realistic rendering of drapery and produced a wealth of engraved details in the hair, jewelry, sewn seams, decorated hems, and drapery folds. The pointed shoes (calcei repandi), here elaborately rendered with meticulously detailed laces and floral ornament, are distinctively Etruscan. The figure's left foot is a modern restoration. (x)

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Dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl) decorated with satyrs reveling. Late 6th c. B.C.; terracotta. Attributed to the Group of the Campana Dinoi, Ribbon Painter. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

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Oinochoe with sirens and an eagle. c. 525 - 500 B.C.; terracotta. Attributed to the Micali Painter. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tomb-painting with sphinxes and groups of figures, with guilloche pattern above and crimson and cream stripes below. From Cerveteri, c. 560 - 550 B.C.; baked clay and pigment. The British Museum. (x)