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Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Red-figure Underworld Painter · Krater · about 340–330 B.C.
Reconstructed from three fragments, and belonging to the left side of a scene (raised area at upper left, part of handle root). Above, Hermes looking to right (kerykeion, petasos, chlamys, winged boots); below, paidagogos walking to right, with curved staff. He wears a white long-sleeved garment, a tunic and a chlamys, with a petasos hanging on his back. Added white for his hair and beard. On the far left, part of an open palmette-fan and an almost complete enclosed palmette-fan. Interior, undecorated. Probably part of the same vase as 86.AE.408.2
Shape
Krater
Technique
Red-figure
Date
about 340–330 B.C.
Culture
Greek (South Italian, Apulian)
Painter
Underworld Painter
Dimensions
H: 19.20 cm W: 21.30 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.408.1
Image Source
getty_cc0

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