Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl)
About 340 BCE
Attributed to the Painter of Copenhagen 4223 Greek; Apulia, Italy
Apulia
On the front of this vessel a young warrior and a tutor or philosopher are shown standing in a naiskos (tomb) surrounded by attendants with offerings; above them is the head of the mythical poet and singer, Orpheus.
On the back, another naiskos (tomb) is decorated with large white figures. Since the krater is a funerary vessel, these figures may be symbolic representations of the dead or they may depict marble statues of the tomb’s occupants.
terracotta, red-figure