bell krater
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.4
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured bell-krater.
(a) Apollo, Hermes, Artemis and Leto at the omphalos. In the centre is the omphalos, of the usual form, with four fillets of white wool hanging over it. On the left Apollo stands to right, playing on the kithara with his left hand, and with his right pouring on the omphalos wine from a fluted phiale; he is wreathed with laurel, and has long hair looped up behind, and a long chiton schistos with apoptygma, over a thin Ionic chiton. Behind him Hermes advances, with chlamys, petasos and caduceus, holding up in his right a sprig of myrtle (?). On the right of the omphalos Artemis stands in three-quarter face to left, but looking at Apollo, holding in her right a trefoil oinochoe, in her left her bow; she has her hair looped up with a fillet, a quiver at her back, a long chiton with apoptygma and earrings. On the right Leto advances, in Ionic chiton, a mantle which covers the back of her head, and a radiate stephane, holding up in her right a phiale. The kithara of Apollo has a long sash attached to it, decorated with alternate rows of circles and zigzags.
(b) Three draped ephebi: the central one stands en face, and looks at the one on right, who holds a staff; each wears a fillet.
Late stage of good period. Purple wine, bow-string, fillets on omphalos, stem of wreath, fillets and sprig in Hermes' hand. Below, sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares; round lip, laurel-wreath; round handles, egg pattern; below handles, a palmette on another.
- Production date
- 425BC-410BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 33.02 centimetres
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Height: 33.02 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Él. Céfr. ii, pl. 26, p. 80; Overbeck, Kunstmyth, Atlas, pl. 21, no. 16 (Apollo), p. 322, no. i.
- Location
- On display (G20a/dc26)
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.4
