Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Satyrs Pursuing Maenads

440–430 BCE

attributed to Naples Painter

(Greek, Attic, active c. 450–430 BCE)
Overall: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in.)
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Location: 102B Greek

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The column krater takes its name from the column-like struts supporting the handles and rim.

Description

Two satyr-maenad pairs rush across this vase, similar but not identical to one another. The leading satyr is balding and infibulated, the trailing one more hirsute; the leading maenad carries a thyrsos, the trailing one two torches. On the reverse, a stock scene appears, with three youths standing, as if in conversation.
Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Satyrs Pursuing Maenads

Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Satyrs Pursuing Maenads

440–430 BCE

Naples Painter

(Greek, Attic, active c. 450–430 BCE)
Greek, Attic

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