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Accession_Number

52.3.3

Shape

Column krater

Shape_description

Broad flat rim; short thick neck; handles are comprised of two vertical bars joined at the rim by an overhanging horizontal bar with downward protrusions at either end; body tapers to conical footring; flat base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Etruscan

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 8/4

Decoration

Inside is black on neck and rim but reserved inside the body apart from numerous black splatters of paint. Diamond pattern with dots on rim, rays and palmettes on rim above each handle. Side has dots and two rows of wavy lines. Handles are black as is the neck between them. Neck design same as on rim. Row of tongues on shoulder. Scene similar on both sides. Each side is flanked by a vertical line of hearts/ivy leaves with dots between lines. Side A: three youths, robed, one with a staff, two facing left and one facing right. Side B: three youths, robed, around a stele (?), two facing left and one facing right. Figures are ruddled and detail picked out in black. Below is a band of ivy leaves. Foot is black and ridged. Base is reserved and conical inside foot.

Inscriptions

Condition

Incomplete but cleaned and restored at the Ashmolean by Rickard. Body is compiled of fragments with missing parts filled in with plaster. Five separate unattached fragments. Large chip from foot. Neck, mouth and rim are largely restored but some loose fragments remain. Ruddled areas worn and black paint is scratched.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

425-400

Dating_details

Artist

Workshop of the Stamnos Bologna 824

Attribution

Gilotta

Image

2003.95.0047.jpg	Side view (side A) of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing three draped standing youths.
2003.95.0048.jpg	Unattached rim fragments from an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2003.95.0049.jpg	Reserved side of unattached fragments from the rim of an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2003.95.0050.jpg	Note with unattached fragments from the rim of an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2003.95.0052.jpg	Top view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing the rim and interior.
2003.95.0053.jpg	Side view (side A) of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing three draped standing youths.
2003.95.0054.jpg	Front view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing ivy ornament under a handle area.
2003.95.0055.jpg	Side view (side B) of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing three standing youths and a stele.
2003.95.0056.jpg	Right side view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing ivy ornament under a handle.
2003.95.0057.jpg	Bottom view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing the reserved base.
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2006.84.0007.jpg
2008.98.0488.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2008.98.0489.jpg	Profile view of a the back of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing 3 draped youths.
2008.98.0490.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2008.98.0491.jpg	Front view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing 3 youths and a stele.
2008.98.0492.jpg	Profile view of a the side of an Etruscan red-figure column krater.
2008.98.0493.jpg	Top view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing the mouth.
2008.98.0494.jpg	Bottom view of an Etruscan red-figure column krater, showing the reserved underside.