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Chariot Race Beaker 047d   Price £23 each

Mould-blown beakers from our Wood-fired Furnace We are now making Mould-blown Beakers at our Wood-fired Furnace. See this page for all of our Wood-fired Furnace vessels. In particular, see this page for our Circus Beakers and stock levels. We do not make Chariot Race Beakers to order - they are only available from stock on the website. For stock levels of all of our mould-blown beakers, see this page.

The lower frieze depicts four quadrigae (four-horse chariots), all racing. The middle frieze shows the objects adorning the spina, the central barrier of the Circus Maximus in Rome. On the upper frieze are the names:

HIERAX ('The Falcon')
OLYMPAE (Olympus)
ANTILOCE (Autolycus)
CRESCES

This is a reproduction of the complete beaker from Colchester, now in the British Museum. A few smaller fragments of this beaker type are also known, including one found at Fishbourne, and another from Neuss, Germany.

Height: 7.9cm   Diameter at rim: 8.0cm   Capacity: 260ml

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