Volute Krater for a Deceased Warrior

ca. 345-325 BCE (Late Classical)

45.1 cm 78.1 cm

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The body of this volute krater is dominated by the depiction of a naiskos (shrine) that contains the white painted figure of a deceased warrior with spear and shield waiting for his young servant to pour a libation in the phiale (shallow bowl). Gazing in at the warrior from ou...

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Sale, Sotheby’s, London, May 20, 1985, no. 384; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikesville, MD, 1985, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
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