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Corinthian amphora depicting dancers

* about 550 BCE

* Black figured amphora showing men in padded costumes dancing with nude females.

* A form of comic dance in padded costume is a common motif on Corinthian pottery in the archaic period from 625-550 BCE. Padded dancers make their appearance on Athenian pottery from about 600 BCE

* British Museum


London, July 2022