**Originally Listed At $350**
Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A beautiful krater vase formed in a mold with elegant blackware pottery. The vessel exhibits an inverted, bell-shaped body supported by a squat stem and a tiered foot and features a pair of upturned parabolic handles on the sides beneath the flared rim. Coursing across the lower body is a decorative program of youthful dancers holding petite objects next to tall, broad-leafed flowers and with a register of horseshoe rungs and downturned triangular points above; the upper half of the body is unadorned. Kraters were used as serving vessels after diluting wine with water, and the size of this example suggests this was meant for a personal or private setting. Size: 7.25" W x 7.375" H (18.4 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection; ex-Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Germany, Auction 300-304, lot 970
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#156659
Condition
Rim, foot, and both handles repaired from multiple pieces, with small areas of restoration, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and minor nicks to foot, stem, body, handles, and rim, with light softening to some finer exterior details, and fading to areas of original pigment. Nice remains of detailing across exterior.