krater

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Object Type: krater
Museum number: 1772,0320.4
Description: Pottery red- figure bell-krater. Imperfectly fired. Designs red on black ground with white accessories. Above and below the design, wave-pattern; under the handles, palmettes. (a) Hippocamp to the left with forelegs and pectoral fins, marked with rings of white dots; below a phiale; on either side, a flower. (b) Lion passant to the left; in the field, a square object; on either side, a flower.
Producer name: Attributed to the Circle of: The Capua Painter
Cultures/periods: Campanian
Production date: 360BC-330BC
Production place: Made in: Campania
Materials: pottery
Ware: Red Figure
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Diameter: 19.65 centimetres; Height: 9.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (F491); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (1348); LCS / The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (3/85)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1772
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1772,0320.4

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