Apulian volute krater
Type:
China
Year:
Attributed to the Lycurgus Painter, mid-4th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Pottery
Inventory:
Inv. MB 233
The large krater was made in Apulia around the middle of the 4th century B.C. The handles are decorated with two Gorgon faces in relief. In the lively painted decoration of the body, one side shows a lyre-playing Dionysus being crowned by a Nike, and the other side a gymnasium scene.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.
