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One Fragment from an Attic Black-Figure Volute Krater

Black-figure Krater · 6th–5th century B.C.

Fragment preserves two registers of decoation and band of key pattern above. Upper register shows the head and shoulders of a sleeping figure (Alkyoneus) on a rock (frontal face); to the right is a quadruped (cow); lower register shows a quardiga team moving to right. Interior glazed.

Shape

Krater

Technique

Black-figure

Date

6th–5th century B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

Accession Number

81.AE.10.5