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NM Ant 0013 :: deaccessioned, krater, returned

Object description: Bell krater. Wide mouth with overhanging rim; rather tall and slender body; rolled-back handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved base. Reddish brown clay; black glaze, misfired to red on stem and base; added yellow. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; on outside a reserved laurel branch between bands; A: to the left a standing woman, seen in profile, leaning her left foot against a pile of rocks; she wears a kekryphalos, chiton and sandals and holds a cluster of grapes with added yellow in her right hand and a yellow kylix in her left; to the right in the picture a naked youth, seen in three-quarter view, seated on what seems to be a rock covered by a mantle; he holds up a phiale in his right hand, while his left hand leans against the rock; in the upper field between the couple a suspended, yellow fillet; in the upper filed to the right an ivy leaf and another suspended fillet as filling ornaments; on the ground in front of the woman a plant with large berries; B: two confronting youths in himatia; the one to the left holds a staff; in the upper field an enlarged writing tablet and two pairs of stylised jumping weights; on the ground three stylised plants; reserved area underneath both handles; black rays at base of handle attachments; below both handles a large palmette flanked by tendrils; below an encircling border of menaders and dotted cross-squares; underside reserved.

Data elements

Inventory number

NM Ant 0013

Serie nummer

2176

Object

deaccessioned; krater; returned

Object, Swedish

avfört; återlämnat

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Returned to Nationalmuseum in 2009.

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 tall and slender body; rolled-back handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved base. Reddish brown clay; black glaze, misfired to red on stem and base; added yellow. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; on outside a reserved laurel branch between bands; A: to the left a standing woman, seen in profile, leaning her left foot against a pile of rocks; she wears a kekryphalos, chiton and sandals and holds a cluster of grapes with added yellow in her right hand and a yellow kylix in her left; to the right in the picture a naked youth, seen in three-quarter view, seated on what seems to be a rock covered by a mantle; he holds up a phiale in his right hand, while his left hand leans against the rock; in the upper field between the couple a suspended, yellow fillet; in the upper filed to the right an ivy leaf and another suspended fillet as filling ornaments; on the ground in front of the woman a plant with large berries; B: two confronting youths in himatia; the one to the left holds a staff; in the upper field an enlarged writing tablet and two pairs of stylised jumping weights; on the ground three stylised plants; reserved area underneath both handles; black rays at base of handle attachments; below both handles a large palmette flanked by tendrils; below an encircling border of menaders and dotted cross-squares; underside reserved.

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