Fragment of a Red-figure Calyx-Krater: Warrior Holding Shield and Spear
c. 360-350 BCE
Description
Side A: warrior holding shield and spear to right, bridled head of horse with topknot on forehead to left. Partial relief contour. Horizontal relief line at top of fragment indicates top of figure zone. Five red dots for bosses on horse bridle. Thickness at top 1.0 cm, thickness at bottom 1.1 cm.
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.
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