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Centaur
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Centaur

White marble, 1st cent. A.D.
Oplontis excavations
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 70070

This centaur grips a club with his right hand, while his left holds a chalice-shaped krater, similar to those frequently used as garden decorations. The water flowed out of the centaur's mouth.