Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B)
Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B)
Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B)
Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B)

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B),

late 5th century BCE

attributed to the Amykos Painter
South Italian, Lucanian
Classical Period, ca. 480–323 BCE
y1929-194

Information

Title
Column krater (mixing bowl) depicting a youth pursuing a woman (A); four youths (B)
Dates

late 5th century BCE

Maker
attributed to the Amykos Painter
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
41.0 x 38.0 cm, diam. 32.0 cm (16 1/8 x 14 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Trumbull-Prime Fund
Object Number
y1929-194
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Lucania (southern Italy)

Culture
Lucanian
Period
Classical, Red-figure
Type
ceramics, column kraters
Materials
ceramic
Subject
spears (weapons), dots, palmettes, leaf scrolls, chlamyses, himations, sakkoses, women, youth

Bought with Trumbull-Prime Funds from Charles Seltman, 1927.

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