![]() ![]() Designs black on red ground, with white accessories. The firing was stopped before the slip turned red once again. Apulian red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). The fresh oxygen supply turned the pottery back to red. The kiln was then starved of oxygen and filled with carbon monoxide (by using wet fuel), causing the slip to turn black. Careful control of the firing process allowed Greek potters to oxidise the body of the pot, turning it red, by keeping the kiln well ventilated. Lucanian Red-Figure Volute Krater or Mixing Vessel with Apollo and Artemis, attributed to the Palermo Painter, 415-400 B.C., terracotta, made in Lucania. The vase is decorated in the 'red figure' technique in which the areas surrounding the figures are painted in a slip (mixture of clay and water), leaving the red pottery showing through. Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions Height: 124.6 cm (49 1/16 in.) diameter: 56 cm (22 1/16 in. These formed the nucleus for Hope's own collection of vases, which he displayed at Duchess Street. DOWNLOAD Mixing bowl (volute krater) Style resembles: the Varrese Painter Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period about 340 B.C. Material Terracotta Dimensions H: 54 cm Reference 8202 Price CHF 55000 Inquire Download PDF Inquire Name Email address Phone Message Hidden Work of Art Title Hidden Work of Art Reference Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In 1801 Hope purchased the second collection of ancient vases formed by Sir William Hamilton, formerly the British Ambassador to the Naples court. 1 / 2 Etruscan Red-Figure Volute Krater Italic ![]() (1807), illustrating objects he had designed for his London house at Duchess Street. ![]() The most important of these publications was Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. The vase was once owned by Thomas Hope (1769-1831), the collector, connoisseur, patron and designer, who published a number of influential books of designs. The krater was an ancient Greek vase with two handles that was used to mix wine and water. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Fascicule 10: Athenian Red-Figure Column and Volute Kraters - Kindle edition by Tsiafakis, Despoina. ![]()
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