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Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 1 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 1

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 2 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 2

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 5 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 5

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 4 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 4

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 7 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 7

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 3 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 3

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 6 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster urn representing the myth of Pelops and Hippodameia, 6

Etruscan Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 2nd-early 1st c. BCE
Ancient provenience unknown; probably produced at Volterra
Reused as a reliquary to hold the relics of Saint Felix in the cathedral of Pistoia, perhaps from the 10th-11th c. CE; "rediscovered" in 1414

The relief on this urn represents the chariot driven by Pelops trampling Oenomaus after the sabotage of the latter's chariot.

In the collection of Pistoia Musei, Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi (proprietà Chiesa Cattedrale)
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Recycling Beauty" (Nov 17, 2022 - Feb 27, 2023) at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

Chiusine terracotta urn representing the farewell at the gates of the underworld in Naples by diffendale

Chiusine terracotta urn representing the farewell at the gates of the underworld in Naples

Etruscan Late Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, ca. 150-50 BCE
Made at Chiusi (ancient Clusium; see on Pleiades)
Archaeological provenience unknown; perhaps Chiusi

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Former Borgia Collection, Velletri

Roman ceramic funerary olla from Foligno by diffendale

Roman ceramic funerary olla from Foligno

Roman Early Imperial period, 1st c. CE
Found at Foligno (ancient Fulginia(e); see on Pleiades), S. Maria in Campis necropolis

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo della città di Palazzo Trinci, Foligno, Umbria, Italy

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 3 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 3

Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A

dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 4 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 4

Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A

dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 1 by diffendale

Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn with relief representing a battle in the presence of Vanth, 1

Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A

dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614

Villanovan impasto biconical cinerary urn with incised geometric decoration in Venice by diffendale

Villanovan impasto biconical cinerary urn with incised geometric decoration in Venice

Early Iron Age, Villanovan period, 9th c. BCE
No archaeological provenience

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection

Etruscan marble volute krater, 2 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 2

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 5 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 5

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 6 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 6

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 3 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 3

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 4 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 4

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 7 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 7

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)

Etruscan marble volute krater, 1 by diffendale

Etruscan marble volute krater, 1

Apuan marble
Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Probably found at San Piero a Grado, possibly one of the ancient ports of Pisa (see "Portus Pisanus?" on Pleiades)

Attributed to an East Greek sculptor, probably from Samos, who worked a local stone, marble from the Apuan Alps. The vessel, like others of its type, would have been used as a cinerary urn.

Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as part of the exhibit "Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo" (22.12.2022-31.08.2023)
In the collection of the Camposanto, Pisa (Opera della Primaziale Pisana)