3-045-292 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Attic Red-Figure Column Krater, about 450 BC. Additional Info: Overhang of rim, A. In black silhouette two pairs of a lion and a boar. Body, A. Two satyrs and a maenad. Nude satyrs flank the maenad and grab her shoulders. They gesture with their free hands as if in discussion. The maenad moves to right looking back and is dressed in a chiton decorated with a row of dots in the lower part and a himation. She holds a thyrsos in her left hand. Body, B. Two mantled youths. Facing each other, they both extend their right arm as if in conversation. A strigil hangs in the upper right corner. Rim slightly convex on top with a vertical overhang, a flat handle plate extends beyond the rim at each side and is supported by two columns; ovoid body; ogee foot. Top of rim has a black ivy vine on reserved background. Overhang of the rim on side B is decorated with double row of dots between lines. On neck: A, black ivy vine between two black lines in a reserve panel; B, black glazed.