Calyx Krater
Object Number:
91-26-158
Current Location:
Greece Gallery
Culture:
Attic
Provenience:
Greece
Attica
Athens
Manufacture Location:
Attica
Period:
Classical Greek Period
Date Made:
370-320 BC
Early Date:
-370
Late Date:
-320
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Technique:
Red Figure
Iconography:
Satyr
Maenad
Doric Column
Description:
Calyx krater: tall base; short stem; inverted bell shaped bowl with out-turned rim; inward curving U shaped handle set low on body. Obv Satyr chasing maenad with tambourine; both hold thyrsus; doric column behind satyr. Rev: 2 draped males with Doric column between. Above each handle is a Doric column. Leaf pattern on underside of rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994)
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