Bell krater (Campanian red-figure ware)
330 BCE-300 BCE
Medium
fired clay
Measurements
37.7 × 33.5 × 32.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Lilian Alexander, 1914
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Campania, Italy
Accession Number
1058-D2
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Large bell-shaped vessel with two handles under flaring rim. Pedestal foot modern. Decorated in black-glaze with red-figured scenes. Side A: Hermes and woman. Hermes wears petasos, short tunic and winged sandals. He carries his caduceus. The woman holds out a phiale in her right hand and holds a fillet in her left. Side B: Two draped women in profile to left. Under the handles on each side: palmette, volute-tendrils, drop-leaves and trumpet flowers. Below the figured scenes a band of wave-pattern. Below the rim a band of laurel.