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NM Ant 0006 :: krater

Object description: Bell krater. Wide, overhanging rim; almost straight upper wall; lower body tapering to a stem; slightly raised, horizontal handles at upper body; grooved, hollow base. Porous red clay; black glaze; added white. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; reserved laurel branch between bands on outside; handle panels and inside of handles reserved; egg-pattern encircling handle attachments; A: a goddess rising from the ground, surrounded by three satyrs; the goddess has male features and wears a stephane and a himation; the satyrs wear white wreaths and two of them seem to be threatening the goddess with hammers; in the background a tree; B: three youths in himatia; the youth in the centre and the one to the right stand in conversation; the two outer youths lean on sticks; below 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 0006

Serie nummer

1915

Object

krater

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Place - Findspot

Magna Graecia.

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

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; almost straight upper wall; lower body tapering to a stem; slightly raised, horizontal handles at upper body; grooved, hollow base. Porous red clay; black glaze; added white. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; reserved laurel branch between bands on outside; handle panels and inside of handles reserved; egg-pattern encircling handle attachments; A: a goddess rising from the ground, surrounded by three satyrs; the goddess has male features and wears a stephane and a himation; the satyrs wear white wreaths and two of them seem to be threatening the goddess with hammers; in the background a tree; B: three youths in himatia; the youth in the centre and the one to the right stand in conversation; the two outer youths lean on sticks; below figures on both sides a border of meanders and saltier squares; edge of base and underside reserved.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

5th century BC

Period

Classical

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