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A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BROOKLYN-BUDAPEST PAINTER
CIRCA 410-400 B.C.
The obverse with a youthful warrior depicted nude but for a mantle draped over his arms, armed with a pilos helmet, spear and shield, a starburst as the blazon, standing with his weight on his right leg, his left leg relaxed and bent at knee, a draped female figure leaning on a column before him, her left leg crossed over her right, offering a laurel wreath with her right hand, wearing a belted chiton and adorned with a necklace, earrings and a hair cloth, a nude youth standing to the left, a staff in the crook of his right arm, a draped female figure standing to the right, holding a patterned fillet in her raised right hand; the reverse with four draped youths, one holding a staff, a pair of jumping weights hanging above; a double row of dots flanking the scenes, dotted tongues above, ivy and berries on the neck of the obverse, silhouette dolphins on the exterior of the rim of the obverse, a double row of dots on the reverse, ivy and berries around the rim, palmettes on the handle-plates
17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high
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