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Apulian Red-Figure Panathenaic Amphora and volute Krater
Attributed to the Underworld Painter (Greek (Apulian), active about 340 - 310 B.C.)
Funerary scenes decorate both sides of this Apulian red-figure volute-krater. On the front, a youth and a woman bring offerings to a naiskos, a small funerary shrine. Both the naiskos and the seated youth are painted white in order to simulate marble or stone, an indication that the seated figure is actually a statue of the deceased. The back of the vase depicts a funerary stele with another pair of offering bearers.
The combination of two funerary scenes, one with a naiskos and one with a stele, was a popular motif on large Apulian funerary vessels of the later 300s B.C. Aside from the main scenes, most of the surface of this vase is covered with elaborate decoration. The intricate design, the florals under the handles, and the female heads in the handle volutes are all typical of the ornament favored in the Apulian "Ornate Style.
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L’Arte salvata, reperti recuperati da furti e saccheggi: in mostra nell’Aula Ottagona del Museo Nazionale Romano alle Terme di Diocleziano
About 100 pieces — Greco-Roman vases and sculptures and even coins dating from the seventh century to the third century B.C. — are on view at the museum installed in a s hall that was built as part of the Baths of Diocletian and now annexed to the National Roman Museum
foto e filmato di
Luigi Manfredi
4 Settembre 2022
