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Attributed to Python
Bell-Krater with an Elderly Satyr Followed by Young Dionysoscirca 350-325 B.C.

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Ancient Greek red-figure bell krater in black-glazed ceramic, decorated with two draped female figures facing each other and palmette motifs
Red-figure bell krater with black glaze, depicting two figures in dynamic poses — a crouching figure in patterned costume and a standing draped figure holding a staff — flanked by floral and spiral motifs; laurel leaf frieze at rim, wave pattern at base.
Artist or Maker
Attributed to Python
Title
Bell-Krater with an Elderly Satyr Followed by Young Dionysos
Place Made
South Italy, Paestum
Date Made
circa 350-325 B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic with red, yellow, and white paint, and brown wash
Dimensions
15 × 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Willilam Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.30
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Clement, Paul A. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 24, no.1 (1955): 1-24.
  • Hope, Francis, and E.M.W. Tillyard. The Hope Vases: a Catalogue and a Discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek Vases. Cambridge: University Press, 1923.