Krater
Object Number:
MS4876
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Attic
Provenience:
Italy
Etruria
Orvieto
Manufacture Location:
Attica
Period:
Archaic Greek Period
Date Made:
c. 550 BC
Early Date:
-600
Late Date:
-500
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Technique:
Black Figure
Iconography:
Gigantomachy
Warrior
Quadriga
Lion
Bull
Warfare
Description:
A; Gigantomachy. At left, warrior stepping up into quadriga. At right, a striding warrior above a fallen warrior. B: Mostly missing but part of group of lion attacking a bull is preserved. A large part of all elements of the shape are missing and restored in plaster. Originally catalogued as MS4876, recatalogued by S. B. Luce as MS5663. Now returned to original number. Jan.
Height:
30.7cm
Outside Diamater:
34.5cm
Other Number:
Bibliography:
[Book] 1991. Gens antiquissima Italiae: Antichità dall'Umbria a New York. : Page/Fig./Plate: 436
[Book] Beazley, John D. & Kurtz, Donna C. 1989. Some Attic Vases in the Cyprus Museum. 46. : Page/Fig./Plate: 29
[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 100-1, No. 140
[Article] Luce, Stephen B. 1920. "Attic Vases from Orvieto". The Museum Journal. 11 (1): 56-67. : Page/Fig./Plate: 60-2
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