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Accession_Number

REDMG:1951.160.1

Shape

Bell krater

Shape_description

Large krater with everted mouth and downturned rim, two recurved horizontal round handles attached to the upper part of the cylindrical body, which narrows to ashort, broad stem that curves into a pedestal foot, with a recessed band above slightly tapering sides, hollowed within.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Lucanian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

within. Interior and mouth glazed black with two reserved bands at top and bottom of rim. On exterior, below rim, a frieze of tendrils, with lotus buds above and below. Black handles, with reserved bands between attachments, and enclosed half palmettes below, from the sides of which emerge tendrils with volutes that encroach in the figural scenes. Below the figural scenes is a band of slanted zs, between two reserved bands. Black below, except for the recessed element at the top of the foot, which is reserved, a narrow band at the bottom of the foot on the exterior, and the reserved underside. The reserved parts of the volute frieze and figural scenes are reddened. Scene, A: A woman standing in 3/4-view to the right, wears a black beaded necklace, a sleeveless belted chiton, and two black bracelets on each wrist. Her hair is tied in a ponytail. She holds a torch in her advanced left hand, while her right hand, downturned, is also slightly raised. She faces a youth, nude except for a chlamys draped over his left arm and slippers, who stands in 3/4 view to the left, reaching toward the woman with his right hand. Between the figures, in the upper field, is a window frame, while a large tendril, with volute, emerges from the ground, between them. In the field behind him is a leaf. B: Two robed youths, standing profile, with their right legs advanced, face eachother across a narrow stele. Above them is a circle with a black line vertically through the centre and an 'H' drawn on top (probably halteres).

Inscriptions

Condition

Nearly intact, with a large piece rejoined to the rim. Rim slightly scratched and red surface slightly worn; light grey deposits cover the underside. Red wash on figures seems to be wearing off.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

375-350

Dating_details

Artist

Roccanova Painter

Attribution

Trendall, LCS 132.670, places this bell krater in the earliest group of vases attributed to the Roccanova Painter, which 'show Apulian influence most clearly' yet indicate the Roccanova Painter's developed style, e.g. the Z pattern, the palmette between the figures, and the stocky style of the figures.

Image

2003.66.0001.jpg	Back view (side B) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing two standing draped youths on either side of a stele.
2003.66.0002.jpg	Front view (side A) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a woman with a torch and a youth.
2003.93.0035.jpg	Front view (side A) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a woman with a torch and a youth.
2003.93.0036.jpg	Back view (side B) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing two standing draped youths on either side of a stele.
2003.95.0066.jpg	Front view of side A of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a woman with a torch and a youth.
2003.95.0067.jpg	Detail of the front of the body of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a woman with a torch and a youth.
2003.95.0068.jpg	Top view of the body of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing the mouth.
2003.95.0069.jpg	Left side view of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a palmette.
2003.95.0070.jpg	Back view of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing two standing youths.
2003.95.0071.jpg	Detail of the back of the body of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing two standing draped youths on either side of a stele.
2003.95.0072.jpg	Right side view of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a palmette.
2004.04.0010.jpg	Left side view of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a palmette beneath a horizontal handle.
2004.04.0011.jpg	Front view (side A) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing a woman with a torch and a youth.
2004.04.0012.jpg	Back view (side B) of a Lucanian red-figure bell krater, showing two standing draped youths on either side of a stele.
2005.89.0051.jpg