Greek red-figure fragment from a calyx krater, Athens, Mid 5th century BC
Terracotta
Height 19.8cm
8668
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Fine large fragment from a Greek red-figure calyx krater. It consists of part of the lower register of decoration and shows a female moving to her right pursued by another figure; she looks back anxiously over her left shoulder. A pillar or doorway is before her. The profile of the vase swells outwards beneath her, and this deep ridge is decorated with a band of linked palmettes and lotus buds. Fractures repaired and a shallow chip from the top left corner as viewed.
This is part of a larger scene, and the woman, a companion of Helen, is fleeing from their pursuit by the enamuored Theseus, who commonly carries a pair of spears. The scale of the figure shows that this must have come from a vase with two registers of decoration.
This is part of a larger scene, and the woman, a companion of Helen, is fleeing from their pursuit by the enamuored Theseus, who commonly carries a pair of spears. The scale of the figure shows that this must have come from a vase with two registers of decoration.
Provenance
Dr Primavesi; acquired from Donati in the 1970sUniversity of Aukland, New Zealand; acquired from Charles Ede in 2010
Literature
Compare the female figures on a double-register vase by the Niobid Painter in John Boardman, Athenian Red-Figure Vases- The Classical Period (London, 1989), fig.6
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