On the neck, obverse and reverse, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs and maenads
The architectonic character of this volute-krater is as great as that of the adjacent one, but the detail is quite different. The figure work on the neck constitutes a crowning frieze. The ribbing on the body introduces a pronounced verticality, and the crisp forms of the stand establish a podium. The small, agile figures of Dionysos and his retinue animate this otherwise sober and imposing ensemble.
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Title:Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 430 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:Overall: 18 1/16 x 13 in. (45.8 x 33 cm) Other (H. of krater and stand): 26 1/4 in. (66.7 cm) Other (H. of stand): 5 1/4in. (13.3cm) Other (H. of krater without handles): 18 1/16in. (45.8cm) Other (Diameter of foot): 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm) Other (Diameter of mouth of vase): 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number:24.97.25a, b
Inscription: The names of the figures are inscribed.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1925. "Three Red-Figured Greek Vases." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20(11): pp. 262–63, figs. 1–3.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 351, 354, fig. 253, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. and Marjorie J. Milne. 1935. Shapes and Names of Athenian Vases. p. 7, fig. 54, New York: Plantin Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. and Lindsley F. Hall. 1936. Red-Figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 128, pp. 161–62, pls. 127, 171, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1946. Attic Red-Figured Vases: A Survey. p. 130, fig. 107, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 101, 241, pl. 81b, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1958[1946]. Attic Red-Figured Vases: A Survey, Revised Edition, 2nd edn. p. 130, fig. 107, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Knigge, Ursula. 1975. "Aison, der Meidiasmaler? Zu einer rotfigurigen Oinochoe aus dem Kerameikos." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, 90: p. 131 n. 18.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1986. Vol. 3: Atherion-Eros. "Chorillos," p. 274, no. 3, pl. 220, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1988. Vol. 4: Eros-Herakles. "Eurydike VII," p. 100, no. 1, pl. 51; "Eurypyle," p. 109, no. 1; "Hegesichora," p. 472, no. 1, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Cook, Brian. 1989. "Footwork in Ancient Greek Swordsmanship." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 24: p. 60–61, fig. 4.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1997. Vol. 8: Thespiades-Zodiacus. "Tragodia," p. 49, no. 8, pl. 28, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Panvini, Rosalba and Filippo Giudice. 2003. Ta Attika: Veder Greco a Gela Ceramiche Attiche Figurate dall' Antica Colonia no. L47, pp. 394–95, Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider.
Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 143, pp. 130, 433, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shaw, Carl A. 2014. Satyric Play: The Evolution of Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama. pp. 147–148, fig. 7.1, New York: Oxford University Press.
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