![]() ![]() ![]() Term: So called in modern times for the form of its handles. Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions Height with handles: 61 cm (24 in.) diameter body: 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.) Credit Line Gift of Robert E. It is thought that the ancient name "Laconian krater" belongs to this shape. ORDER PRINT DOWNLOAD Mixing bowl (volute-krater) The Iliupersis Painter Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period about 365355 B.C. Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period about 340 B.C. The Francois Vase is the earliest Athenian volute krater preserved complete. Mixing bowl (volute krater) Style resembles: the Varrese Painter. The shape appears before the end of the seventh century and continues until the late fourth century B.C. The form may have been inspired by Peloponnesian bronze vessels. History: Possibly derived from the column krater ( though the volute krater's neck is higher), it is not a very common shape. Nearly 20,000 images of artworks the museum believes to be in the public domain are available to download on this site. The mouth is slightly set off from the wide neck. Shape: The characteristic handles consist of ordinary looped handles, which are attached horizontally to the shoulder of the vessel from the top of these looped handles a broad strap which has flanges and sometimes ribbed sides rises vertically to form an elaborate volute above the rim of the vase. The Apulian civilization, which arose in southern Italy along the Adriatic Sea from the 9th to the 3rd century B.C., was influenced by nearby Greek. A wine-mixing vessel with a wide mouth, a deep, broad body and volute-shaped handles. Volute Krater 330 B.C., Apulian, terra-cotta. ![]()
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