Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
Obverse, seated woman between two Oscan youths
Reverse, three youths
The red-figure vases in this case illustrate the so-called Plain Style in Apulian vase-painting, characterized by large shapes and non-mythological subjects depicted simply, with a uniform ground line and few filling ornaments. In the absence of mythological scenes, most of which originated in Greece, local practices and objects come to the fore.
Reverse, three youths
The red-figure vases in this case illustrate the so-called Plain Style in Apulian vase-painting, characterized by large shapes and non-mythological subjects depicted simply, with a uniform ground line and few filling ornaments. In the absence of mythological scenes, most of which originated in Greece, local practices and objects come to the fore.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
- Artist: Attributed to the Varrese Painter
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: ca. 360–340 BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.215
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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