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An Apulian (Greek) bell krater (wine bowl)
Late 4th century BC
Puglia
Made in a Greek colony in southern Italy.
Made in a Greek colony in southern Italy.
Colouring of black on red clay
Height: 24cm, maximum
Diameter (bowl at rim): 26cm, maximum
Diameter (bowl at rim): 26cm, maximum
Museum number: L4
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 536
On display: Library-Dining Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Side A
Two youths, clad in long, bordered himations, standing facing each other. The youth at the left holds a staff vertically between in his outstretched right hand.
Side B
The same.
Bay leaf and berry laurel (black in red reserved background) border above, palmette beneath handles, and dentil between two fillet decorations (strips) below.
Two youths, clad in long, bordered himations, standing facing each other. The youth at the left holds a staff vertically between in his outstretched right hand.
Side B
The same.
Bay leaf and berry laurel (black in red reserved background) border above, palmette beneath handles, and dentil between two fillet decorations (strips) below.
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