Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Warriors in Ambush Crouching in Trees

Side A: In a palm grove of three trees two warriors in ambush, crouching to left. They are nude save for a Corinthian helmet, sword-belt and scabbard, and each holds a spear in his right and a shield in his left ornamented with a device: that of the left hand warrior a winged griffin, that of the right hand an ithyphallic mule around which runs the inscription XO?XOS OGSKALOS. In the field, senseless inscriptions in applied purple. Side B: The same scene except that the shield devices are a winged diskeles and a triskeles. Senseless inscriptions in field. On upper edge of rim, lotus bud chain; on sides, ivy leaf chain. On top of each handle, floral palmette (Black-figure). On obverse of neck, reserved panel containing four centaurs to right (no incisions) and imitation inscriptions in field. On each side of body a panel containing the design framed by a tongue pattern above, ivy leaf at sides. On base, rays. Portion of lower part restored in plaster.