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Accession_Number 53.8.4
Shape Bell krater
Shape_description Small
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Molded, downturned rim with a flange (for lid); incurved horizontal round handles; deep body with nearly vertical sides that are slightly concave above the handles and convex below, curving sharply at the bottom into a broad, short stem, on top of a molded disc foot, recessed underneath in two degrees. Black gloss with red figure decoration. Side A: a female head profile to left, with small dotted circles in the upper field on either side; side B: palmette. Interior: a reserved band within the rim. Exterior: a band of vertical bars under the rim (with applied red wash); a reserved band around each handle attachment (also with red wash); a stemless ivy beneath each handle; narrow reserved band beneath figural scene; reserved band on the upper part of the foot; underside of foot is reserved and stained with red wash.
Inscriptions
Condition Comprised of several pieces, rejoined.
Technique/Style Red figure; red wash
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date 400-380
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing a female head facing left.

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Front view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing an ivy leaf below the handle.

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Back view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing a palmette.

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Top view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing the interior.

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Top view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing the interior.

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Bottom view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing the base, some of the body, and a handle.

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Bottom view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing the base, some of the body, and a handle.

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Front view (side A) of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing a female head facing left.

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Back view (side B) of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing a palmette.

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Side view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing an ivy leaf below the handle.

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Side view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing an ivy leaf below the handle.

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Side view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing an ivy leaf below the handle.

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Side view of a Boeotian red-figure bell krater, showing an ivy leaf below the handle.
Comparanda
Bibliography Ure 1953, 245 no. 7; ArchClass 14 (1962) pls. 18.4, 19.4; Ure 1963, 61 no. 21
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 16.4
Diameters Rim 15.0; mouth 12.5; foot 8.0
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Excavation shed top 2
Edited_by Vanessa; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 03.05.2002; 12.12.2003; 03.08.2022
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