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Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl)

Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl)

Red-figure the White Saccos Group · Krater · 330-320 BCE
On the front of this vessel, a warrior and his horse stand in a naiskos (tomb) surrounded by attendants with offerings; above them is the god Eros and on the handles male and female followers of the god Dionysos are depicted. On the back another naiskos (tomb) is decorated with large white figures. Since the krater is a funerary vessel, these figures may be symbolic representations of the dead or they may depict marble statues of the tomb’s occupants.
Shape
Krater
Technique
Red-figure
Date
330-320 BCE
Culture
Apulia
Painter
the White Saccos Group
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1984.8
Image Source
chicago_cc0

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