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Bell krater (Attic red-figure ware)
mid 4th century BCE
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- 35.1 × 36.0 × 36.4 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Greece, Attica
- Inscription
- inscribed on the base in ancient Greek: (see hand-written worksheet)
- Accession Number
- D1-1976
- Department
- Antiquities
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976 - Gallery location
- Not on display
- 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.