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Collections

Mykonos Painter (attributed to the)
Calyx-Krater with Hermes and a Womancirca 460-450 B.C.

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Ancient Greek red-figure calyx-krater with black glaze, depicting two terracotta-orange figures in conversation, with palmette rim band and meander border
Red-figure calyx krater with black glaze, depicting two figures in terracotta slip: a bearded male in traveler's hat and cloak gesturing toward a draped female figure. Decorated with palmette frieze at rim and meander-and-cross pattern at lower body. Two horizontal handles at midsection, raised pedestal foot.
Red-figure calyx-krater with black glaze, depicting two draped figures facing each other — a woman at left and a bearded man at right holding a tall staff — bordered by a palmette frieze at the rim and a meander band at the base of the bowl, with two curved handles at mid-body.
Artist or Maker
Mykonos Painter (attributed to the)
Greece
Title
Calyx-Krater with Hermes and a Woman
Place Made
Greece, Attica
Date Made
circa 460-450 B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic with added red
Dimensions
Height: 14 5/16 in. (36.35 cm); Diameter: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.28
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.
  • Markel, Stephen. Mughal and Early Modern Metalware from South Asia at LACMA: An Online Scholarly Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020. https://archive.org/details/mughal-metalware (accessed September 7, 2021).