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NM Ant 0004 :: krater

Object description: Bell krater. Wide, overhanging rim; upper wall curving in gently above handles; rolled-back handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a short stem; hollow disc base. Red clay; black glaze; ochre wash. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; on outside reserved laurel branch between bands; handle panels and inside of handles reserved; A: two satyrs and a dancing maenad; the satyr to the left stands in profile, facing the maenad and is playing the double pipe; the one to the right has turned his back to the other figures but turns his head towards them; he leans on a thyrsos and carries a wine-skin over his back; the dancing maenad in the centre wears an animal skin on top of her chiton and holds a tambourine in her left hand; B: three standing youths draped in himatia; beneath figures on both sides a border of meanders and saltier squares; edge of base and underside reserved.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0004

Serie nummer

1900

Object

krater

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

- Exhibition: Nordiska museet ”Tapeter, tapeter!” tom. sept.-07

Acquisition

Transferred from Gustaf III:s Museum of Antiquities to the National Museum. Probably acquired by king Gustaf III in Italy.

Description

Bell krater. Wide, overhanging rim; upper wall curving in gently above handles; rolled-back handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a short stem; hollow disc base. Red clay; black glaze; ochre wash. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; on outside reserved laurel branch between bands; handle panels and inside of handles reserved; A: two satyrs and a dancing maenad; the satyr to the left stands in profile, facing the maenad and is playing the double pipe; the one to the right has turned his back to the other figures but turns his head towards them; he leans on a thyrsos and carries a wine-skin over his back; the dancing maenad in the centre wears an animal skin on top of her chiton and holds a tambourine in her left hand; B: three standing youths draped in himatia; beneath figures on both sides a border of meanders and saltier squares; edge of base and underside reserved.

Period

Classical

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

5th century BC

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:11.

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Event - Was Present At

Samlingsbesök. 2019-02-04. Galiani

Description: Collection research visit with the aim to study the Ferdinando Galiani collection from Napels, Italy, purchased and brought to Sweden by Gustav III in 1783. The objects belong to the NM Ant collection. Dr Luca Di Franco, Dr Silvio La Paglia from Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto - MArTA, Italy.

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