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Attributed to Python
Bell-Krater with (A) the Centaur Chiron Accompanied by a Satyr and (B) Two Youthscirca 350-325 B.C.

On view:
Geffen Galleries, The Ancient Mediterranean: Gods and Goddesses
Red-figure ceramic bell krater with glossy black glaze, decorated with a centaur raising a spear beside a smaller nude figure, framed by stylized plants and a leaf-pattern rim
Red-figure bell krater with black gloss ground; two draped figures face each other on the body, rendered in warm terracotta tones with added white and purple detail; flanked by palmette and spiral ornaments; wave pattern band below figures; laurel wreath at rim.

Attributed to Python, Bell-Krater with (A) the Centaur Chiron Accompanied by a Satyr and (B) Two Youths, circa 350-325 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Attributed to Python
Title
Bell-Krater with (A) the Centaur Chiron Accompanied by a Satyr and (B) Two Youths
Place Made
South Italy, Paestum
Date Made
circa 350-325 B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
15 × 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.40
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
  • 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.