ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN-KRATER
Attributable to the Orpheus Painter, ca. 460 - 440 BC
height cm 38; diam. cm 32,5

On the main side are a gymnastic award ceremony scene; forthcoming to the center, a bearded mature man draped and laureate, leaning on the stick; on his sides, two naked athletes; his look directed to the winged Nike on the right, crowning the younger; the scene is set inside a gym, as evidenced by the presence of an altar and strigils and weights hanging on the walls. On the opposite side, three standing draped men, two of them holding rods.
Holed on bottom and minor chipping on the rim, otherwise intact

Provenance. English private collection, purchased in some unidentified auction or Art Gallery during 1970s - 1980s