2 min
Black Figure Column Krater Museum Minute
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- Society & Culture
This krater is highly decorated with both designs and figural groupings in the Black Figure technique. It is a complicated process, but put simply, the main decorative elements and figures are painted with a slip that turns black in the firing process. On one side, a wedding scene is painted with bride and groom in a four-horse chariot, accompanied by two women attendants and a musician playing a lyre. One of the attendants holds a torch. The other side has a battle scene, two warriors fight over the body of a fallen third. Again, two female attendants look on.
Greek Artist (6th century BCE)
Black Figure Column Krater, ca. 510-500 BCE
Earthenware
14 x 15 ½ x 13 inches
Museum purchase with funds from the Volunteer Board Endowment Fund and the Curriculum Support Fund, 1988.6
This krater is highly decorated with both designs and figural groupings in the Black Figure technique. It is a complicated process, but put simply, the main decorative elements and figures are painted with a slip that turns black in the firing process. On one side, a wedding scene is painted with bride and groom in a four-horse chariot, accompanied by two women attendants and a musician playing a lyre. One of the attendants holds a torch. The other side has a battle scene, two warriors fight over the body of a fallen third. Again, two female attendants look on.
Greek Artist (6th century BCE)
Black Figure Column Krater, ca. 510-500 BCE
Earthenware
14 x 15 ½ x 13 inches
Museum purchase with funds from the Volunteer Board Endowment Fund and the Curriculum Support Fund, 1988.6
2 min