Canopus from Chiusi (first half of the sixth century BC.) 
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Among the most important vessels known as François Vase, from name of the archaeologist who discovered it in 1844 in an Etruscan tomb at source Rotella, near Chiusi, a large black-figured krater signed by the potter and painter Ergotimos Kleitias, which contains an impressive array of stories from Greek mythology about six rows of figures , dated around 570 BC
Other notable works are the cups of the Little Masters (560-540 BC) designated as such by the ceramists of miniatures painted and signed by un'hydria red-figure painter Meidias (410-400 BC).
The highlight of the collection is undoubtedly the Chimera of Arezzo, one of the most famous works of the Etruscan civilization (fourth century BC), a plastic bronze raffiguarente the mythical lion show but it could be wrongly restored by Benvenuto Cellini, who rebuilt the serpentine tail biting the head of a goat on its back, while both have had to look threatening to the observer. Was found in a field near Arezzo in 1553 and presented to Cosimo The Vasari. On the right front leg has an inscription 
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