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Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Darius Painter, Underworld Painterabout 350 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Reconstructed from two joining fragments. The fragment preserves most of the heads and necks of two horses and the head of a third horse from a quadriga (seen frontally). The forelock of each horse is pulled up into a topknot, and all three wear a headstall decorated with white dots. Interior, black.

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  • Title: Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment
  • Creator: Darius Painter, Underworld Painter
  • Date Created: about 350 B.C.
  • Location Created: Apulia, South Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 5.3 × 12 cm (2 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Krater
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.406
  • Culture: Greek (South Italian, Apulian)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to the Workshop of the Darius Painter (Greek (South Italian, Apulian), active 350 - 325 B.C.) and Underworld Painter , perhaps nearer to the Underworld Painter (Greek (Apulian), active about 340 - 310 B.C.)
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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