Red Figure Volute Krater (Chester)

(NOTE: The following description runs over two pages. For the complete description, please consult the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum USA 24)
APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER
Shape and Ornament: Ovoid body with a wide neck set off by a ridge at the top and flaring mouth with down-turned lip. Volute handles, separate base with flaring foot. Interior of neck glazed about halfway down and all reserved areas covered with red wash.
Rim: A, an egg-and-dot frieze above laurel wreath with central rosette; below, wave pattern above reserved band. B, egg-and-dot frieze above a band of scrolls and a wavy line. Neck: A, Top zone, female masks separated by rserved lotus with dots, all above a border of esses. B, Top zone is laurel wreath with berries; rosette in the center. Reserved band below figures on A and B. Shoulder: A, Chain of upright palmettes-and-lotuses. Below, a reserved band, egg-and-dot, double reserved band. B, Tongue pattern above egg-and-dot. Below handles: palmettes and volutes. Below figures on body: maeander pattern with saltire squares. Volute handles: On both sides of each handle, relief female head with polos. On A only, background filled with florals. On B, solid glazed background. Foot: A, Above, a series of reserved and glazed bands and egg-and-dot with stripes. Below, florals, glazed band and wave border. B, Continuation of florals from A, with the same borders. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plates 36; 37; 38, 1-2; 39, 1-2; 40, 1-2; 41, 1-2; 42, 1-2.

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