3-047-523 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Attic Red-Figure Column Krater, about 460 BC. Additional Info: A. Oedipus and the Sphinx. B. Three youths in conversation. Rim slightly convex on top with a vertical overhang and a flat handle plate that extends beyond the rim at each side and is supported by two columns; ovoid body; ogee foot. Top of rim decorated with a black dotted chain of lotus buds. Palmettes on the handle plates. Overhang of the rim on A and B decorated with double row of black dots between black lines. On neck: A, black dotted chain of lotus buds between two black lines in a reserve panel; B, black. Figural decoration on the body set in panels framed by double row of dots between black lines at the sides, a tongue pattern on the shoulder at the junction with the neck above, and a reserved band below. Outside of foot black except at bottom. Resting surface and underside of the foot reserved. Interior black.