MM 1965:045
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krater
- Object description
- Volute krater. Moulded rim; concave neck; piriform body, tapering downwards; vertical, raised handles with large volutes from rim to shoulder; four plastic bird protomes on shoulder; moulding at junction between body and stem; short stem; grooved disc base with concave top. Brown clay; black glaze; red wash; added white, yellow and red paint. A: on the volutes Io masks with white skin and yellowish brown hair; egg-pattern on rim and below a wave pattern – red wash on reserved areas; below a pattern of yellow dots alternating with bars; further below a rosette and dot border; on neck a winged siren holding a wreath and a phiale (?), flanked by laurel branches; in the upper field to the right an ivy leaf and flowers; on shoulder (between the bird protomes) a reserved panel with tongues in the upper register and dotted egg-pattern below; on body a white naiskos where a woman in white chiton, holding a white fan, is seated on a Ionic capital; behind her a suspended, white fillet; wave pattern on the stereobate; to the right of the naiskos a woman in kekryphalos, chiton, earrings, necklace, bracelets and white shoes; she is holding a wreath in her left hand and a phiale with a white fillet in her right; to the left a naked youth with a himation and white wreath; he is holding a mirror in his right hand and a wreath of rosettes in his left; behind him a tambourine as filling ornament; B: on the volutes Io masks with dark brown hair; black dots on rim and wave pattern below – red wash on reserved areas; further below a laurel branch with white berries; a large palmette and coiling tendrils on neck; on shoulder a reserved panel (between the bird protomes) with tongues in the upper register and wave pattern below; on body a grave stele decorated with white borders and white and black fillets; on both sides of the stele a seated woman in chiton, kekryphalos, earrings, necklace, bracelets and white shoes; both women hold mirrors in their right hands; the woman to the left holds a cluster of grapes in her left hand while the one to the right holds up a phiale with white offerings and a white fillet attached to it; tambourines and rosettes with added white and yellow as filling ornaments; large palmettes and tendrils beneath handles; a border of meanders and saltier squares encircles lower body; junction between body and stem red; edge of base and underside reserved.
Comments (2)
Magnus Johansson (National Museums of World Culture)2025-02-16 17:00:38
I think you already have received an answer to this.Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert2025-02-14 14:33:21
Dear Sir or Madam, I would need the image of the siren at the neck of MM 1965:045 (3100841 Bild 2) in high resolution. I would like to illustrate an archaeological article to be published in the Festschrift for Árpád Nagy, former director of antiquities in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The Festschrift is thought to be published with L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome. Best regards, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
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