Bell krater.@eng
Description: Wide mouth with overhanging rim; almost straight upper wall; lower body convex, tapering to a short stem; raised handles at upper body; hollow disc base. Brownish red clay; black glaze. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; on outside a reserved laurel branch between bands; A: to the left a bearded satyr with a wine-skin in his left hand; in the middle another satyr, carrying a thyrsos, is chasing a maenad to the right; the woman wears a fillet, chiton and himation and holds a small object in her right hand (krotala?); B: three youths in himatia, the one to the left and the one to the right lean on their staffs; below figures on both sides a border of meanders and saltier squares; inside of handles reserved; edge of base and underside reserved.
Format: Dimensions
Language: sv
Publisher: Medelhavsmuseet
Data provider: Medelhavsmuseet
Provider: Swedish Open Cultural Heritage | K-samsök
Providing country: Sweden
