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The swirling fuchsia skirts of the two brilliantly painted Amazon figurines, one of whom wields a now-missing axe against her opponent, emphasize the forward momentum of their attack. The warrior painted on the alabastron, a jar for perfumed oil, carries a shield while she brandishes an axe over a Greek soldier’s helmet. Because the Amazons were believed to have originally come from the east, they were frequently depicted in the traditional clothing of non-Greek peoples, such as the Scythians of central Asia or the Thracians of southeastern Europe. On the alabastron, the painter has borrowed from a variety of cultures to signal that the Amazon was not Greek. Her pants are patterned similarly to those worn by Scythians, and her shield is styled after Thracian examples.","remarks":"MED2_22-T3B-7_CLA.pdf – Day One Cataloguing (group chat for y1984-12, 1995-110, 1995-111)"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Purchased from Brian Aitken (Acanthus), New York, in 1995.&nbsp;","remarks":"From accession card. 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