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There are 2 objects for which Decoration contains → torus
REDMG:1953.25.22 Mouth black inside and out, with a reserved lip; reserved neck; black on exterior of handle; band of black vertical bars above band of black rays on shoulder. Body, top: black line. Body (at front, only): black line; two rows of black dots alternating with white dots; two black lines; figural scene. Body, below: two black lines, black band, black line, black to foot and on top of foot; black on torus; otherwise reserved. Figural scene depicts a charioteer, dressed in a white tunic, driving a quadriga profile to right; the horses raise their forelegs as they pass a white meta (post). Another figure, possibly Athena, with helmet and spear, runs alongside the horses, so that (s)he is obscured by them.
REDMG:1953.25.7 Rounded rim, slightly everted, below which emerge two horizontal handles, round in section, approximating triangular shape, canted slightly up. Side walls, slightly concave, narrow and become slightly convex towards the join spreading, lipped torus ring foot.
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