Volute Krater
Artist: The Baltimore Painter (Greek)
Date: about 330-320 BCE
Dimensions:
H (to top of handle volute, without restored stand): 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm); H (to rim): 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm); Diam (rim): 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm); W (across handle volutes): 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm); H (with restored stand): 40 7/8 in. (103.9 cm)
Medium: Red Figure; wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware
Place of Origin: Greece, South Italy, Apulia
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1977.45
Label Text:This vase and the amphora in the adjacent case are examples of the rich and monumental style of Greek vase painting practiced in Southern Italy at the time of Alexander the Great.
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