Vases Red-figure Krater KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)

Red-figure BOREAS P · Krater · -475 to -425
A: MEN, SOME DRAPED, ONE WITH SCEPTRE, ONE IN PETASOS AND CHLAMYS HOLDING YOUTH IN PETASOS AND CHITONISKOS WITH SWORD ATTACKING WOMAN ON ALTAR, WOMEN, ONE FLEEING, ONE OLD, MOURNING, SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA (?) DIOMEDES AND ODYSSEUS, AGAMEMNON, KLYTAIMESTRA | B: MAN IN PETASOS AND CHLAMYS WITH SPEARS PURSUING WOMAN, WOMEN FLEEING, DRAPED MAN WITH SCEPTRE | Neck A1: ANIMAL FRIEZE, DEER, LIONS, BULL, BOAR, TREE | Neck A2: BOREAS PURSUING OREITHYIA, WOMEN FLEEING, DRAPED MEN WITH SCEPTRES | Neck B1: FLORAL, IVY WREATH | Neck B2: YOUTH IN PETASOS AND CHLAMYS WITH SPEARS (THESEUS ?) PURSUING WOMAN, WOMEN FLEEING, DRAPED MEN WITH SCEPTRES, ONE OLD
Shape
Technique
Date
-475 to -425
Culture
ATHENIAN
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Gravina, Italy
Museum
Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Accession Number
76127
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