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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE COLUMN-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALTIMORE PAINTER
CIRCA 340-330 B.C.
With ivy on the rim's top surface, palmettes on the top and sides of the rectangular rim struts, a band of wave on the rim's vertical surface, on the body of the obverse, at the center, an Oscan warrior, seated on his mantle, wearing a striped chiton, and holding spears in his left hand, a patera in his right hand, a woman wearing a chiton standing in front of him, holding a wreath in her raised right hand, with a dove perched on her left hand, behind her a satyr with a branch in his left hand, a lagobolon in his right, to the right, another satyr with situla and thyrsos, a border of meander below, tongue border above, and on the neck, a winged Eros seated on an Ionic column capital holding a mirror and a wreath with ribbon, to his left, a woman wearing a chiton, and holding a ribbon and a situla, with a thyrsos leaning against her, to the right, a woman wearing a chiton, leaning on a small column, and holding a basket with popone in her right hand, a border of elaborate meander with added white below, and on the body of the reverse, a woman seated on rocks, wearing a chiton, and holding a cista in her right hand, a wreath with ribbon in her left, to her left, a satyr with situla and thyrsos, to her right, a satyr holding a basket with popone and a thyrsos, a border of meander below, a tongue border above, and on the neck, a panel of ivy with rosettes.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALTIMORE PAINTER
CIRCA 340-330 B.C.
With ivy on the rim's top surface, palmettes on the top and sides of the rectangular rim struts, a band of wave on the rim's vertical surface, on the body of the obverse, at the center, an Oscan warrior, seated on his mantle, wearing a striped chiton, and holding spears in his left hand, a patera in his right hand, a woman wearing a chiton standing in front of him, holding a wreath in her raised right hand, with a dove perched on her left hand, behind her a satyr with a branch in his left hand, a lagobolon in his right, to the right, another satyr with situla and thyrsos, a border of meander below, tongue border above, and on the neck, a winged Eros seated on an Ionic column capital holding a mirror and a wreath with ribbon, to his left, a woman wearing a chiton, and holding a ribbon and a situla, with a thyrsos leaning against her, to the right, a woman wearing a chiton, leaning on a small column, and holding a basket with popone in her right hand, a border of elaborate meander with added white below, and on the body of the reverse, a woman seated on rocks, wearing a chiton, and holding a cista in her right hand, a wreath with ribbon in her left, to her left, a satyr with situla and thyrsos, to her right, a satyr holding a basket with popone and a thyrsos, a border of meander below, a tongue border above, and on the neck, a panel of ivy with rosettes.
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, First Supplement to the Red-figured Vases of Apulia, London, 1983, p. 156, no. 27/50A