3-047-534 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Attic Red-Figure Column Krater, about 490 BC. Mixing Vessel with a Dancing Girl. Additional Info: Body, A. Dancing girl facing right, holding krotala (clappers) in both hands. She is nude save for the wreath around her head. She has short hair and bends her head and body forward. B. Diskobolos (diskos thrower) moving to the right with left foot forward. He holds a diskos in his left hand and raises it to be level with his head. He looks down, with knees bent. As his right hand moves back, he draws his right foot back off the ground and places his weight on his left. The thrower is nude except for a wreath around his head. The diskos is decorated with an owl in silhouette. Rim slightly convex on top with a vertical overhang; a flat handle plate extending beyond the rim at each side is supported by two columns; ovoid body; ogee foot. Top of rim black. On neck: A, black dotted chain of pendant lotus buds between two black lines in a reserved panel; B, black. Body black. Zone of black rays above the foot. Outside foot black except for bottom. Resting surface and underside foot reserved. Interior black.