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Bell krater. Everted , bevelled rim; rather tall, slender body, concave above handles and convex below; rolled-up handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved, spreading base. Brown clay; red wash; added yellow and red paint. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; laurel branch between bands encircling outside of rim; A: to the right a woman wearing a chiton, kekryphalos, earrings, ...
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Bell krater. Everted , bevelled rim; rather tall, slender body, concave above handles and convex below; rolled-up handles at upper body; lower body tapering to a stem; grooved, spreading base. Brown clay; red wash; added yellow and red paint. Two reserved bands on inside of rim; laurel branch between bands encircling outside of rim; A: to the right a woman wearing a chiton, kekryphalos, earrings, a necklace, bracelets and red shoes; she is holding a mirror in her left hand and a thyrsos in her right; standing to the left is a naked hermaphrodite with a yellow tail, wearing a kekryphalos, a necklace, a bandolier, a thigh-chain, leg-rings and red shoes; the hermaphrodite is carrying a situla in one hand and a thyrsos in the other; in the upper filed between the figures is a “window” and to the right of the woman is a suspended yellow fillet; a row of yellow beads as base line; B: two standing youths wearing himatia; two sets of stylised jumping weights and an enlarged writing table between the youths in the upper field; reserved handle area; black rays at base of handles; beneath each handle a large palmette fan flanked by tendrils; below figures a meander; groove on base red; lower part of base reserved; underside reserved.
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