(a) The sacrifice of Iphigeneia: In the centre is a white altar on two steps, with a chevron-pattern on the cornice and a knotted taenia hanging from the front. The handles terminate below in swans' heads, as before above, in Gorgoneia, painted white, the hair yellow on obverse, black on reverse, the pupils of the eyes black. Above the designs, tongue- and egg-patterns below, all round, maeander and crosses below the handles, palmettes. On the neck: (a) above, laurel-wreath below, two Gryphons rushing at each other between them a palmette (b) laurel-wreath and palmettes. Round the lip, (a) egg-moulding, (b) wave-pattern underneath, (a) ivy-wreath and wave-pattern, (b) ivy-wreath and astragalus-pattern. Learn more.Apulian red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).ĭesigns black on red ground, with white accessories. The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Adler Memorial Fund Reference Number 1984.8 IIIF Manifest (circa) or BCE.ģ30 BCE–320 BCE Medium terracotta, red-figure Dimensions 85 × 45.2 × 36.8 cm (33 1/2 × 18 × 14 1/2 in.) Credit Line Katherine K. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. Status Currently Off View Department Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium Culture Ancient Greek Title Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl) Place Apulia (Object made in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Since the krater is a funerary vessel, these figures may be symbolic representations of the dead or they may depict marble statues of the tomb’s occupants. On the back another naiskos (tomb) is decorated with large white figures. On the front of this vessel, a warrior and his horse stand in a naiskos (tomb) surrounded by attendants with offerings above them is the god Eros and on the handles male and female followers of the god Dionysos are depicted.
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