Ancient Greek Vase 16cm,Multicolored,themes from Ancient Olympics

Decorate your home with an Ancient Greek Lagynos with colors deteriorated like staying on the bottom of the sea for many centuries. Lagynos (oil flask) is a type of Hydria.lagynos characterized by a long neck and wide base, which evolved from an earlier type of flask with a narrow neck and oval body. This Lagynos has themes from Ancient Greek Olympic games.The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, in honour of Zeus, the supreme god of Greek religion. Involving participants and spectators from all over Greece and even beyond, the Games were the most important cultural event in ancient Greece and were held from 776 BCE to 393 CE, a run of 293 consecutive Olympiads. Fisrt side: It shows a Runner. Second side: It shows Discus throw. The discus was originally made of stone and later of iron, lead or bronze. The technique was very similar to today's freestyle discus throw. Net weight: 0,25 kgr(0,55lbr), Height:16cm (6,24in) with handle