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Brilliant mid C5 BC trozzella w roosters from Egnazia necropolis, a classic Messapian form w Greek influence.
Trozzella - 'little wheels' in local dialect - refers to sculpted circles on handles.
Messapian people inhabited 'heel' of Italy from C8 BC until Roman conquest.
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Medusa has death in her eyes.
She could cast her spell and turn you to stone from both sides of large askos from a 3-2 C BC tomb in Cannae, Puglia.
Fine modelling, and the polychrome - especially red lips - would have added to a startling impression.
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