Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (deep bowl)
Obverse, part of a draped male to right, wearing a himation, holding a knobby stick in the hand of his extended arm (the hand is not preserved, but the arm and stick are), facing the lower body of draped male to left, who also has a knobby stick; the two draped males are framed by foliate ornament; Reverse, part of the right arm and hand, a bit of the upper torso, and part of the legs of a nude male; the ground line on the obverse and reverse is comprised of an egg pattern with dots in the interstices
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (deep bowl)
- Period: Classical
- Date: second half of the 4th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.12.69
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
3rd or 4th century BCE (?)
Attributed to the Group of Polygnotos
ca. 450–440 BCE
ca. 7th century BCE
Greek, Attic
ca. 440–430 BCE
Greek or Italic
4th–1st century BCE
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