Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment (part of 77.AE.11)

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Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment (part of 77.AE.11)

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Kleophrades Painter

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Working in Athens in the period from about 505 to 475 B.C, the Kleophrades Painter was a prolific vase-painter--more than one hundred vases attributed to him survive. He very likely was the pupil of Euthymides, one of the group of the red-figure Pioneers. He primarily worked in the red-figure technique but occasionally used the black-figure technique with enough facility that he may have been trai

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Date: 500–480 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

A fragment belonging to the border meander pattern of the outer edge of the mouth of the krater (side B). It gives the a portion of the helmet crest of the arming Amazon who is putting on her greave (the one to the right of the amazon who is lifting the shield) and part of the saltire square on the rim. Interior, undecorated.

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