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Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Zeus pursuing Aigina
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.817
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 050.
DescriptionSide A: Zeus ? with sceptre, pursuing a woman to right. (Aegina?)
Side B: Draped man; bearded.
Fine style.
[Label text]:
On one side of this calyx krater are a bearded man chasing a woman. This draped male figure carrying a long staff may be a depiction of Zeus running after the object of one of his many amorous pursuits. Another draped man is represented on the opposite side of the krater. Inside the vessel are the remains of a cremation burial.
Side B: Draped man; bearded.
Fine style.
[Label text]:
On one side of this calyx krater are a bearded man chasing a woman. This draped male figure carrying a long staff may be a depiction of Zeus running after the object of one of his many amorous pursuits. Another draped man is represented on the opposite side of the krater. Inside the vessel are the remains of a cremation burial.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: The following objects [MFA 03.805-03.833, 03.836-03.837, 03.906] were found in one cemetery in Campania.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903