Vases Red-figure Krater Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment
Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Red-figure Underworld Painter · Krater · about 350 B.C.
Reconstructed from two joining fragments. The fragment preserves most of the heads and necks of two horses and the head of a third horse from a quadriga (seen frontally). The forelock of each horse is pulled up into a topknot, and all three wear a headstall decorated with white dots. Interior, black.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 350 B.C.
Culture
Greek (South Italian, Apulian)
Dimensions
H: 5.30 cm W: 12.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.406
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)