AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER

ATTRIBUTED TO THE DECHTER PAINTER CIRCA 350 B.C.

Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER
attributed to the dechter painter
circa 350 b.c.
The A-side with Apollo seated on an altar, a laurel branch leaning against his left arm, a phiale in his right hand, Artemis standing to the left with spear and bow, wearing a short peplos, a standing satyr with a thyrsus to his right; the B-side with three standing draped male figures, a band of laurel below the rim, bands of meander and saltire squares below the scenes
8 in. (21.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, The Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, no. 10/79b, pl. XI, 3-4.