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Attic Red-Figure Column Krater

Date

about 450 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Overhang of rim, A. In black silhouette two pairs of a lion and a boar. Body, A. Two satyrs and a maenad. Nude satyrs flank the maenad and grab her shoulders. They gesture with their free hands as if in discussion. The maenad moves to right looking back and is dressed in a chiton decorated with a row of dots in the lower part and a himation. She holds a thyrsos in her left hand. The right foot of the satyr at left disappears into the side frame. Body, B. Two mantled youths. Facing each other, they both extend their right arm as if in conversation. A strigil hangs in the upper right corner. Rim slightly convex on top with a vertical overhang, a flat handle plate extends beyond the rim at each side and is supported by two columns; ovoid body; ogee foot. Top of rim has a black ivy vine on reserved background. Overhang of the rim on side B is decorated with double row of dots between lines. On neck: A, black ivy vine between two black lines in a reserve panel; B, black glazed. Figural decoration on the body set in panels framed by double row of dots between black lines at the sides, by a tongue pattern on the shoulder at the junction with the neck, and by a red line running around the vase. The frame defines the panel only on three sides without a ground line. Outside foot black, except for lower part. Resting surface and underside of foot reserved. Interior black.

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