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Date : near 450 B.C.
Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : (1912)
| Phrixos carried over the sea by a ram
Item 12 on 36
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture
Vitrine : V01 (Ref. 1028)
Area related
Ile de Milos (Milo) (Greece)
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Melian reliefs are a class of terracotta sculptures generally datable to the second and third quarters of the fifth century B.C. They are named after the island of Melos, were several examples were founds and where they are believed to have been made. The reliefs are particularly attractive and important because they depict a considerable range of subjects, mostly narrative. With they original polychromy of which little now survives, they would have appeared even more decorative and lively.
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