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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITEFACE PAINTER
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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITEFACE PAINTER
Side A: a dancing maenad wearing a chiton moving towards the right, holding a tambourine, looking back at a naked satyr who wears a beaded chestband and laurel wreath, another crouching satyr in front, similar, standing on an ovolo groundline
Side B: two draped youths, closely wrapped in long himations, one holding out a staff, looking towards a third youth with right hand extended holding an oval object, standing on a border of scrolling waves
Laurel leaf frieze below the rim, repair at rim
second half of 4th Century B.C.
10½in. (27cm.) high
Side A: a dancing maenad wearing a chiton moving towards the right, holding a tambourine, looking back at a naked satyr who wears a beaded chestband and laurel wreath, another crouching satyr in front, similar, standing on an ovolo groundline
Side B: two draped youths, closely wrapped in long himations, one holding out a staff, looking towards a third youth with right hand extended holding an oval object, standing on a border of scrolling waves
Laurel leaf frieze below the rim, repair at rim
second half of 4th Century B.C.
10½in. (27cm.) high