![]() ![]() The handles terminate below in swans' heads, and above in Gorgoneia on obverse, white with yellow hair and black ampykes on reverse, red with black hair and features. Above each design, tongue- and egg-patterns below, all round, maeander below the handles, palmettes. On the neck, (a) above the design, rosettes, alternately open and closed (b) laurel-wreath and palmettes. Round the lip, each side, egg-moulding underneath, wave-pattern and astragalus. Learn more.Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).ĭesigns red, white, yellow, and purple, on black ground. The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. ![]() ![]() Adler Memorial Fund Reference Number 1984.7 IIIF Manifest (circa) or BCE.ģ40 BCE Medium terracotta, red-figure Dimensions 78 × 4838.1 cm (30 3/4 × 18 7/8 in.) Credit Line Katherine K. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. Status On View, Gallery 151 Department Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium Culture Ancient Greek Title Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl) Place Apulia (Object made in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. 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. ![]() On the back, another naiskos (tomb) is decorated with large white figures. On the front of this vessel a young warrior and a tutor or philosopher are shown standing in a naiskos (tomb) surrounded by attendants with offerings above them is the head of the mythical poet and singer, Orpheus. ![]()
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