Vase
ca. 440 BC (made)
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| Place of origin |
Vase, Bell-krater, earthenware, painted in 'red-figure' technique by an Attic Greek artist working in Italy (the "Sisyphos Painter"): (a) A bearded man playing the double pipes while two youths dance, wearing basketwork hats. (b) Three standing youths. Below each group is a band of meander pattern, and round the upper part of the vase is a laurel wreath.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with red-figure painting |
| Brief description | Vase, Bell-krater, earthenware with red-figure painting, found at Ruvo in Apulia, painted by Sisyphus Painter, an Attic Greek artist working in Italy, ca. 440 BC |
| Physical description | Vase, Bell-krater, earthenware, painted in 'red-figure' technique by an Attic Greek artist working in Italy (the "Sisyphos Painter"): (a) A bearded man playing the double pipes while two youths dance, wearing basketwork hats. (b) Three standing youths. Below each group is a band of meander pattern, and round the upper part of the vase is a laurel wreath. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Found at Ruvo in Apulia, Italy. |
| Production | Found at Ruvo in Apulia, Italy. Painted by an Attic Greek artist working in Italy. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4803-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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