Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse and reverse, Apollo departing Mount Olympos in his chariot
On the neck, obverse and reverse, athletes
Signed by Polion as painter
In its scale, the pronounced architectonic articulation especially of the lip, and the Olympian iconography that concerns Apollo but features Athena on the obverse, this work is representative of Athens in its glory. The athletic scenes on the neck depict Athenians in a noble and peaceful context. The assemblage of gods who either converse or attend Apollo as he prepares to mount his chariot presents a similar combination of ease and dignity that characterized the gods gathered on the Parthenon frieze.
On the neck, obverse and reverse, athletes
Signed by Polion as painter
In its scale, the pronounced architectonic articulation especially of the lip, and the Olympian iconography that concerns Apollo but features Athena on the obverse, this work is representative of Athens in its glory. The athletic scenes on the neck depict Athenians in a noble and peaceful context. The assemblage of gods who either converse or attend Apollo as he prepares to mount his chariot presents a similar combination of ease and dignity that characterized the gods gathered on the Parthenon frieze.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Signed by Polion as painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 420 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 23 3/16 in. (58.9 cm); H. with handles 26 5/8 in. (67.6 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.122.8
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Polion
ca. 420 BCE
Polion
ca. 420 BCE
Polion
ca. 420 BCE
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE
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