Crátera

Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151

En el arte griego de principios del primer milenio a. C., los monumentos fúnebres consistían en cráteras (vasijas profundas) de gran tamaño decoradas con escenas funerarias. En la zona principal de esta vasija aparece la prothesis, o exposición del cadáver, colocado sobre un lecho mortuorio, rodeado por sus familiares y flanqueado por dolientes. La procesión de carros y soldados de infantería en la franja inferior tal vez alude a las hazañas militares del muerto, si bien la presencia de escudos en forma de ocho y de carros de guerra, ya obsoletos en aquel entonces, también evoca su glorioso linaje.

Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta krater, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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