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Collections

Associated with the Walters-Dresden Painter
Bell-Krater with a Chariot Race in the Pythian Gamesearly 4th century B.C.

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Ancient Greek red-figure bell krater with black glaze, decorated with a chariot racing scene and Greek key border
Red-figure ceramic bell-krater with two handles, depicting three draped figures in procession on a black ground; meander border below the figural scene and laurel band at the rim.
Artist or Maker
Associated with the Walters-Dresden Painter
Title
Bell-Krater with a Chariot Race in the Pythian Games
Place Made
Greece, Attica
Date Made
early 4th century B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
13 7/16 × 14 1/4 × 14 in. (34.13 × 36.2 × 35.56 cm) Diameter: 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.38
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.
  • Reinach, Salomon. Répertoire des Vases Peints Grecs et Étrusques. Paris: E. Leroux, 1922.