- Museum number
- 1842,0407.17
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured volute-krater. White accessories faded. No marked distinction in shape between neck, shoulder, and body, with voluted handles; designs on the neck, with maeander and lotus and honeysuckle pattern above, except under the handles; below, two friezes. On the side of the handles: (a) an ivy-wreath; (b) a spiral pattern.
(a) Combat of Heracles and Kyknos: On the left, two beardless figures to right, the first nude, the next with fillet, long chiton, and striped himation. In advance of them is a bearded figure (Hermes ?) running to right and looking back, with petasos, short chiton, and striped himation. Next on the right is a quadriga to right at full speed, in which are Iolaos as charioteer, beardless, with long white chiton and Boeotian shield at back, and Heracles with lion's skin, short chiton, greaves, and shield, one foot on the pole, hurling a spear. By the further side of the horses is a winged female figure moving to right (probably Eris) with long hair, fillet, short purple chiton, endromides, and wings attached to the waist, recurved, left hand raised. In front of the quadriga is Athene to right, with long tresses, helmet, aegis, long bordered chiton, and shield; facing her is Ares, with visored helmet, short purple chiton, greaves, and shield with six pellets; they are attacking each other with spears. Between them is Zeus interposing to right, bearded, with long hair, long diapered chiton and striped himation, in right hand a thunder-bolt, left raised. On the right is a quadriga retreating at full speed, with Phobos as charioteer, bearded, wearing long white chiton, and Kyknos, fully armed, turning back, with one foot on the pole, to hurl his spear. By the side of the horses is a female figure to left, with long hair, fillet, long purple chiton and himation. At the horses' heads is a nude bearded figure to right, with left hand raised, confronting a beardless figure in a himation, with spear in right hand.
(b) Battle-scene (in four groups): (1) On the left, a warrior attacking with spear another who kneels on one knee, looking back; each has a shield with a snake in high relief as boss, and the latter has a high-crested helmet. (2) A quadriga at full speed to left, the charioteer bearded, with long purple chiton and Boeotian shield; by its side is a warrior to left (shield as before) thrusting with spear. Beneath the horses' feet is a warrior fallen on his face to right, with high-crested helmet, greaves, and short purple chiton. In front of the horses is a warrior fallen on one knee to left, looking back, and defending himself with spear and shield; on the latter is a Satyric mask in high relief. (3) A quadriga to right, the charioteer bearded, with long chiton and Boeotian shield; in advance of him a warrior to right (with shield as the first one), thrusting with spear at one fallen back in front of the horses, who has a high-crested helmet with fillet; behind the latter is a warrior retreating to right and looking back, with embroidered chlamys, thrusting with spear at the chariot; on his shield, alternate white and purple pellets. (4) A warrior to right attacking with spear another whom he has beaten down on one knee; the latter has no cuirass, and on his shield is a snake in high relief, as before. All the warriors are fully armed, except the one fallen beneath the quadriga on the left, and all have short purple or embroidered chitons.
- Production date
- 540BC-510BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 360 millimetres
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Height: 376 millimetres
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Weight: 3 kilograms
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Wiener Vorlegebl. 1890-1, pl. vi. 1; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. Atlas, iv. 7., 1; id. (Zeus), p. 346; Roscher, p. 2210; Dumont and Chaplain, p. 352; Klein, Meistersig. p. 65; Brunn, Kunstlergesch. ii.p. 715; Bolte, de Mon. Odyss. p. 53.
For Phobos, see Scut. Her. 1.463.
- Location
- On display (G13/dc8)
- Condition
- Repaired.
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1842,0407.17
