VesselsGreek5th century BCE
Bell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch Race
c. 430-420 BCE
Artists
Peleus PainterArtist
Description
Side A: Torch race: two runners with torches, altar, olive tree, prize hydria (water jar). Side B: Three youths, one with strigil, another with staff. Under rim: olive wreath; ground line: meander pattern; tongue pattern at handle attachments. Recomposed from fragments, with some inpainting.
Dimensions
36.1 cm h x 39.6 cm diam. (14 3/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and Lucerne, (by 1937), sold; to David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1937-1958), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.
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