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GREECE, Attica, YORK REVERSE GROUP (attributed to)
Bell krater (Attic red-figure ware)
 mid 4th century BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
35.1 × 36.0 × 36.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Greece, Attica

Inscription
inscribed on the base in ancient Greek: (see hand-written worksheet)

Accession Number
D1-1976

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Large open vessel of inverted bell shape with two short handles on the body and a foot in two degrees. Side A depicts a young goddess rising from the ground, naked except for a cloak. Around her caper four satyrs, naked except for wreaths on their heads. Three of them carry long hammers. Side B depicts three draped males. Under the rim a band of laurel. Below the scenes is a wave pattern and below the handles, palmettes.

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