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CIRCA 520-500 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 520-500 B.C.
The obverse with two facing bearded horsemen trampling a crouching nude bearded figure underfoot, each horseman holding the reins in one hand and a spear in the other, grape vines in the field; the reverse with two dancing nude bearded men alternating with two dancing wreathed women, grape vines in the field; a long-horned bearded goat below one handle, an ivy leaf below the other, dots on the shoulders, a double band of dots on the rim, rays on the upper surface of the rim and above the foot, some details in added red
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 520-500 B.C.
The obverse with two facing bearded horsemen trampling a crouching nude bearded figure underfoot, each horseman holding the reins in one hand and a spear in the other, grape vines in the field; the reverse with two dancing nude bearded men alternating with two dancing wreathed women, grape vines in the field; a long-horned bearded goat below one handle, an ivy leaf below the other, dots on the shoulders, a double band of dots on the rim, rays on the upper surface of the rim and above the foot, some details in added red
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Basel Private Collection, acquired in the 1970s.