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ATTRIBUTED TO THE NIKOXENOS PAINTER CIRCA 480-470 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
attributed to the nikoxenos painter
circa 480-470 b.c.
The obverse with a pair of maenads standing on either side of an amphora, both cradling a fawn, the maenad to the right looking back over her shoulder toward the satyr lurking under the right handle, the maenad to the left with her left hand raised, a satyr behind her under the left handle, with red-leafed vines looped through the amphora handles and spread through the field, and similar vines framing the satyr to the left; the reverse with Theseus subduing the bull of Marathon, the bull with its head lowered, a fore-leg bent back, a red-leafed tree in the background; the scenes framed by bands of palmettes on either side and a band of tongues above, with rays above the foot, ivy on the rim, scrolling on the handle-plates, and dotted lotus bud chain on the upper surface of the rim, extensive graffiti on the underside of the foot
121/8 in. (30.79 cm) high
attributed to the nikoxenos painter
circa 480-470 b.c.
The obverse with a pair of maenads standing on either side of an amphora, both cradling a fawn, the maenad to the right looking back over her shoulder toward the satyr lurking under the right handle, the maenad to the left with her left hand raised, a satyr behind her under the left handle, with red-leafed vines looped through the amphora handles and spread through the field, and similar vines framing the satyr to the left; the reverse with Theseus subduing the bull of Marathon, the bull with its head lowered, a fore-leg bent back, a red-leafed tree in the background; the scenes framed by bands of palmettes on either side and a band of tongues above, with rays above the foot, ivy on the rim, scrolling on the handle-plates, and dotted lotus bud chain on the upper surface of the rim, extensive graffiti on the underside of the foot
121/8 in. (30.79 cm) high
Literature
Schauenburg, "Zu einem spätarchaischen Kolonetten-krater in Lugano," in Quaderni Ticinesi de numismatica e antichitá classiche, (1982), figs. 27-29.
Langridge, The Eucharides Painter and his Place in the Athenian Potters' Quarter (Diss. Princeton U. 1993) 416, no. N5.
Langridge, The Eucharides Painter and his Place in the Athenian Potters' Quarter (Diss. Princeton U. 1993) 416, no. N5.