Vases Red-figure Lucanian Red-Figure Vase Fragment
Lucanian Red-Figure Vase Fragment

Lucanian Red-Figure Vase Fragment

Red-figure Creusa Painter · about 400–390 B.C.
Fragment of a bell-krater decorated with a woman standing in profile to the left between two warriors. The woman wears a long chiton with a double-black stripe down the side and holds out a phiale in her left hand. The warrior at the left is nude except for a black-bordered chlamys fastened at his throat. He wears a pilos (travelling hat), greaves, and high laced boots, and holds a spear in his left hand. The second warrior walks to the left holding a spear in his right hand. He has a petasos (sun hat) behind his head, and wears only a black-bordered chlamys and boots. Composed of ten joined fragments.
Technique
Date
about 400–390 B.C.
Culture
Greek (South Italian, Lucanian)
Painter
Dimensions
H: 22.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
82.AE.39.7.a
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)