Terracotta funerary krater dated between 750 and 735 depicting the deceased lying and surrounded by his family.
Attic geometric crater.
In this period the surface of the pot was completely covered with a network of fine patterns in which circles and arcs predominate.
The earliest stylistic period is the geometric lasting from about 1000 to 700 bce this period is further broken down into a proto geometric transition from mycenaean forms.
This type of krater defined by volute shaped handles was invented in laconia in the early 6th century bc then adopted by attic potters.
Geometric krater geometric factual information.
725 b c greek attic terracotta h.
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This pot was easily comparable to ancient.
Notice the straight lines that the figures stand upon so similar to the hieroglyphic writings.
Its production was carried on by greeks in apulia until the end of the 4th century bc.
Greek pottery developed from a mycenaean tradition borrowing both pot forms and decoration.
The handles of the crater in the form of large stylized horns.
Its shape and method of manufacture are similar to those of the column krater but the handles are unique.
This was one of the pots made that commemorates their burial rituals during the time.
Dipylon kraters are geometric period greek terracotta funerary vases found at the dipylon cemetery near the dipylon gate in kerameikos the ancient potters quarter on the northwest side of the ancient city of athens a krater is a large ancient greek painted vase used to mix wine and water but the large kraters at the dipylon cemetery served as grave markers.
740 bc krater from the dipylon cemetery athens greece ca.
Beazley in 1951 wrote about this vase as follows.
740 bce figure painting reappeared in greece in the geometric period named for the abstract ornamentation on vessels like this krater which features a mourning scene and procession in honor of the deceased.
The crater gives us our first view of a figure which barely appears in the geometric period but which is very popular in the proto attic and remains so woven into legend throughout antiquity the centaur 2.
For example this attic geometric krater from the dipylon cemetery in athens was made in 740 bc and is extremely fascinating when you take a very close look at the patterns and shapes that surround the figures.
This geometric krater was one of the earliest examples of ancient greek we have found.
Dipylon cemetery athens greece period.
On this magnificent krater the main scene occupies the widest portion of the vase and shows the deceased laid upon a bier surrounded by members of his household and at either side mourners.
130 5 cm vases like its counterpart.
Attic geometric krater athens c.
Terracotta krater geometric 725 b c.
Terracotta krater geometric ca.