[No Caption] Steven Lowenstam Collection

Title
[No Caption] Steven Lowenstam Collection
Repository
British Museum
Alternative
Bell krater Old Catalogue 1286 Vase F41
Creator
Amykos Painter
Photographer
Lowenstam, Steven
Creator Display
attributed to Amykos Painter (Ancient Greek vase painter, active ca. 430-ca. 400 BCE)
Description
Pottery: red-figured bell-krater (wine-bowl). Designs red on black ground. Above the designs, laurel-wreath; below each, a band of maeander and crosses. (a) Departure of a warrior: In the centre is a youthful male figure to right, with chlamys over shoulders, spear in right hand, and shield (on which is the device of a star) resting against his hip; in left hand he holds out a pilos to a similar figure with spear in right hand and chlamys over left arm. On the left is a bearded male figure to right, with fillet, himation over left shoulder, and staff in right hand. (b) Three ephebi in himatia, the centre one to left; each of the others has a staff. --The British Museum Trendall, A D, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Clarendon Press, 1967; A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
View
Front
Coverage
Albano di Lucania, Basilicata, Italy (creation)
Temporal
ca. 420-400 BCE
Subject
Amykos Painter Pottery VI--Italian
Style Period
Red-figure Lucanian (pottery style)
Work Type
bell kraters
Date
-0420/-0400
Identifier
Lowenstam_VRC_06697
Item Locator
Box 15, Section 14
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Local Collection Name
Steven Lowenstam Collection
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
Height: 31 cm Diameter: 37 cm Weight: 2.1 kg
Material
pottery | painted
Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Primary Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Institution
University of Oregon
Id Current Repository
1986,0403.2