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Source Description
The scene on this "krater" depicts another milestone in the life of a young man. At the culmination of years of training, a warrior stands beside the family altar preparing to leave for war. He wears a short tunic under a "cuirass" (breastplate) and holds his spear in his left hand. A young woman on the right readies his shield and stretches out her hand to pass his helmet across the altar. On the other side of the vessel, a bearded man leans on a staff and raises his hand in a gesture perhaps mirroring that of the young woman and beckoning to the youth.A "krater" is a large, wide-mouth vessel used for mixing water and wine; if the handles are in the low position seen here, it is called a "calyx krater."
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Document identity
localId
8994
label
Calyx Krater with a Departure Scene
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Source metadata
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8994
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title
Calyx Krater with a Departure Scene
description
The scene on this "krater" depicts another milestone in the life of a young man. At the culmination of years of training, a warrior stands beside the family altar preparing to leave for war. He wears a short tunic under a "cuirass" (breastplate) and holds his spear in his left hand. A young woman on the right readies his shield and stretches out her hand to pass his helmet across the altar. On the other side of the vessel, a bearded man leans on a staff and raises his hand in a gesture perhaps mirroring that of the young woman and beckoning to the youth.A "krater" is a large, wide-mouth vessel used for mixing water and wine; if the handles are in the low position seen here, it is called a "calyx krater."
provenance
Alessandro Castellani, Rome, by 1883, [mode of acquisition unknown]; sale, Collection Alessandro Castellani: Objets d'art antiques, Rome, March 17-April 10, 1884, lot 82. Thomas B. Clarke, New York, by 1925, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Thomas B. Clarke Sale, American Art Gallery, New York, January 7-10, 1925, no. 625; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
470-460 BCE (Classical)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
calyx kraters
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
35.9
height
35.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 1/8 x Diam: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 x 35.8 cm)
Source extras
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Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta, wheel made; red figure
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5129
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GRC
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2089
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