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Accession_Number | 51.7.11 |
Shape | Bell krater |
Shape_description | A large bell krater with a downturned, rounded rim, two recurved horizontal handles high on the body, the lower body sloping sharply to a thick stem, and a thick, molded, angled pedestal foot. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Paestan |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 7.5YR 5/4 |
Decoration | The interior and rim are black, except for two reserved bands on the interior, at the top and bottom of the lip. Just under the rim is a laurel wreath, facing to the right. A palmette fills the space beneath each black handle; a series of dots mark each handle zone. The scene on each side is bordered by two tendrils that emerge from the ground, in most cases flanked by two smaller tendrils; at the centre of each large tendril is a volute, from which spring two demi-palmettes. Side A: Wreathed, draped Apollo stands in 3/4-view to the right, holding a laurel branch in his right hand and a phiale and fillet in his upraised left hand. He faces a white-haired, bearded Papposilen, who stands in profile to the left. The Papposilen wears a taenia on his head, an animal skin (nebris) over a shaggy-white body suit, and slippers. He holds a mirror in his upraised left hand and a lyre and a fillet in his lowered left hand. Above him is bust of a goddess, probably Hera (or Leto, or Cyllene?), with her face in profile to the right, enclosed within a window, outlined in white. She wears a high crown and jewellry and holds a sceptre in front of her left shoulder. There are ivy leaves in the field. Side B: Two standing, draped youths, facing each other and wearing wreaths. The left figure has a 'V' drape on his chest and his left hand is barely visible; the right hand of the right figure emerges from his himation; he holds a branch out to his companion. Beneath the scenes is a band of right-facing waves. The lower body and foot are black, except for a reserved band on a groove at the top of the vertical surface of the foot, and the reserved underside. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Repaired in numerous places, with metal hooks at the lower joins; repainted on the lower body. Chipped slightly on the rim and foot. |
Technique/Style | Red figure |
Provenance | |
Period | Late Classical |
Date | 360-340 |
Dating_details | |
Artist | Python |
Attribution | Trendall, PP 159.275, attributes this krater to Python's 'more developed' style |
Image | |
Comparanda | |
Bibliography | Passeri pls. 123-24; PPSupp no. 172, pl. 13b; J.D. Beazley, AJA 48 (1944) 361, fig. 5; PP 2/275, pl. 101e-f |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 40.1 |
Diameters | Rim 39.5; body 27.0; base 17.5 |
Handle_height | 5.8 |
Other_dims. | W. of handles 12.7 |
Location | Education |
Edited_by | Denise; Amy; Kinsey; Teifi |
Date_edited | 11.09.2002; 10.12.2003; 06.01.2006; 15.08.2006 |