bell krater

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Object Type: bell krater
Museum number: 1917,1210.1
Description: Pottery: red-figured bell-krater (wine-bowl) with Orestes kneeling beside the omphalos and tripod at Delphi, as he seeks sanctuary from the avenging Furies. Athena and Apollo intervene on his behalf and he is purified of the killing of his mother.
Producer name: Attributed to: Python (painter)
Cultures/periods: Paestan
Production date: 360BC-320BC
Production place: Made in: Paestum
Materials: pottery
Ware: Red Figure
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Diameter: 52.50 centimetres; Height: 56.50 centimetres; Weight: 12 kilograms
Bibliographic references: CVA British Museum 2 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 2, British Museum 2 (pl. 1,1); Tillyard 1923 / The Hope vases, a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and South Italian vases (267) (pp. 137-140)
Location: On display (G73/dc27)
Exhibition history: 2010-2011 Aug-Jan, Los Angeles, The Getty Villa, " The Art of Ancient Greek Theatre" 2003-2004 Oct-Jan, London, Hayward Gallery, 'Saved!100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund', no.13 'Thomas Hope', V&A, 22.03.08-22.06.08 The Bard, 17.07.08-16.11.08
Subjects: classical deity; classical mythology; mythical figure/creature
Associated names: Representation of: Orestes; Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Athena/Minerva; Associated with: Erinyes/Furies
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Spink & Son Ltd
Funder name: With contribution from: Art Fund (as NACF)
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Hope
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1917,1210.1

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