3-047-522 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Attic Red-Figure Dinoid Volute Krater and Stand, 390-380 BC. Additional Info: On one side of the neck of this mixing bowl (krater), the mythical Adonis reclines on a couch, with a diminutive figure of Eros perched before him holding a dish of fruits. On either side are Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Persephone, the queen of the Underworld, with their female attendants. The other side of the krater's neck shows a scene from a symposium, or drinking party, in which three pairs of men (one beardless and youthful, the other bearded and mature) recline on couches. Cakes and fruit stand on the tables before them, and the central youth swings his cup for the game of kottabos, in which participants cast the dregs of their wine at a target. The bowl rests upon an elaborate stand, the missing part of which has been reconstructed. Decorating the upper surface of the base is a series of hunts featuring both real and mythological animals (deer, bull, hare, griffins). Running around the side is a scene of Dionysos and his entourage.