Greek Vase , Attic White Ground Volute Krater attritubed to Pliale Painter , Reproduction from Vatican Museum



With regard to the technique of painting on a white background in this vase by the Painter of the Boston Phiale, a pupil of the Achilles Painter, a pictorial style emerges that is difficult to express solely through the red figure technique. The master confers a particular spiritual elevation to the figures of this mythological picture: Hermes, with petasos and winged sandals, delivers the baby Dionysius wrapped in a cloth to Papposilenus seated on a rock with a thyrsus on the left; behind Hermes and the aged Silenus there are two Nymphs who will raise the little god. On the other side three Muses are represented - one seated on a rock in the act of playing the barbiton, the other at the sides, one of whom has a lyre - in accordance with the predilection for the world of theatre, music and dance regularly expressed by the painter. It is believed that the main theme in reality describes a theatrical representation, possibly from a lost satirical drama by Sophocles.



Our vases are made on a ceramist's wheel and then form in hand . The painting is made from my wife Zoe.

Everything is hand made . The vases are ONLY FOR DECORATION.



Last photo from Vatican Museum



Height : 35 cm

Diameter :27 cm

Weight : 4000 gr



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