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NM Ant 0012 :: krater

Object description: Bell krater. Wide mouth with overhanging rim; rather slender body, curving out above handles; rolled-back, horizontal handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved base. Pinkish to pale brown clay; black glaze; reddish brown wash; added yellow paint. One reserved band on inside of mouth and one on rim top; on outside a reserved laurel branch between bands; A: in the centre of the picture Apollon, standing in three three-quarter view, his head seen in profile; he wears a yellow wreath, a decorated cape, sandals, a broad belt with yellow circles and a richly decorated musician’s chiton with long sleeves, embroidered with stars, palmettes, chevrons, cable pattern and the picture of a figure on horseback; he holds his partly white kithara erect (by a strap around his left wrist), stopping the strings with the fingers of his left hand; he holds a plektron in his right hand; a decorated scarf hangs down from the kithara; to the right of Apollon a woman standing in profile, holding on to the kithara with her both hands; she wears a fillet, a stephane, a necklace, bracelets and a loose peplos; to the left of the god a woman, seen in profile, seated on a stool – details on the stool are marked with yellow dots or strokes of diluted glaze; her feet are resting on a small footstool; she is playing a small harp, and holds a plektron in her right hand; she wears a yellow wreath, a decorated chiton, bracelets and sandals; her hair is tied up with a yellow fillet; B: three standing youths in himatia; in the upper field to the right a pair of stylized jumping weights; below figures an encircling border of meanders and saltire squares; handle panels reserved; rays at base of handle attachments; below both handles a palmette within an arc flanked by flowers; two reserved bands encircling base; underside reserved.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0012

Serie nummer

2174

Object

krater

Country - Origin

Italy : Europe

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Gustaf III’s Museum of Antiquities, 1973-.

Motif

Apollo

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 mouth with overhanging rim; rather slender body, curving out above handles; rolled-back, horizontal handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved base. Pinkish to pale brown clay; black glaze; reddish brown wash; added yellow paint. One reserved band on inside of mouth and one on rim top; on outside a reserved laurel branch between bands; A: in the centre of the picture Apollon, standing in three three-quarter view, his head seen in profile; he wears a yellow wreath, a decorated cape, sandals, a broad belt with yellow circles and a richly decorated musician’s chiton with long sleeves, embroidered with stars, palmettes, chevrons, cable pattern and the picture of a figure on horseback; he holds his partly white kithara erect (by a strap around his left wrist), stopping the strings with the fingers of his left hand; he holds a plektron in his right hand; a decorated scarf hangs down from the kithara; to the right of Apollon a woman standing in profile, holding on to the kithara with her both hands; she wears a fillet, a stephane, a necklace, bracelets and a loose peplos; to the left of the god a woman, seen in profile, seated on a stool – details on the stool are marked with yellow dots or strokes of diluted glaze; her feet are resting on a small footstool; she is playing a small harp, and holds a plektron in her right hand; she wears a yellow wreath, a decorated chiton, bracelets and sandals; her hair is tied up with a yellow fillet; B: three standing youths in himatia; in the upper field to the right a pair of stylized jumping weights; below figures an encircling border of meanders and saltire squares; handle panels reserved; rays at base of handle attachments; below both handles a palmette within an arc flanked by flowers; two reserved bands encircling base; underside reserved.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

425-400 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

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:10.

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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