Property of Leo Mavrovitis
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE-KRATER
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE-KRATER
attributed to the Strötgen Painter
Circa 340-330 B.C.
The A side with two figures in added white within a naiskos, the figure to the right seated on a red mantle, facing right but with his head turned in three-quarter view, playing a kithera, to his left, a standing youth, partially enveloped in an orange himation, leaning on a knobby staff, with three female and one male offering-bearers around the naiskos, on the neck within a floral setting, a helmeted head in added white in profile to the left, the volutes with molded mascaroons in the form of facing female heads in added white, the B side with three male and one female offering-bearers around a stele, palmettes on the shoulder, the volutes with molded black glazed mascaroons in the form of facing female heads, with four plastic swan heads on the shoulders, elaborate palmettes under each handle, restored from fragments, minor losses, repainting along fractures
32in. (81.3cm.) high
attributed to the Strötgen Painter
Circa 340-330 B.C.
The A side with two figures in added white within a naiskos, the figure to the right seated on a red mantle, facing right but with his head turned in three-quarter view, playing a kithera, to his left, a standing youth, partially enveloped in an orange himation, leaning on a knobby staff, with three female and one male offering-bearers around the naiskos, on the neck within a floral setting, a helmeted head in added white in profile to the left, the volutes with molded mascaroons in the form of facing female heads in added white, the B side with three male and one female offering-bearers around a stele, palmettes on the shoulder, the volutes with molded black glazed mascaroons in the form of facing female heads, with four plastic swan heads on the shoulders, elaborate palmettes under each handle, restored from fragments, minor losses, repainting along fractures
32in. (81.3cm.) high