Red-figure pottery
Dinos Painter (fl. c.440 - 400 BCE)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 420 BC
Materials
Pottery
Measurements
340 mm (Height); 370 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Athens
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486392.2
Summary
A bell-krater, (vessel used for mixing wine and water) decorated with figures and anthemions under handles attributed to the Dinos Painter, c. 420 BC. The handles are horizontally protruding lug-shaped. (squatter of the two kraters)
Full description
A bell-krater, (vessel used for mixing wine and water) decorated with figures and anthemions under handles attributed to the Dinos Painter, c. 420 BC. The handles are horizontally protruding lug-shaped. (squatter of the two kraters)
Provenance
?Collected by Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont, thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Makers and roles
Dinos Painter (fl. c.440 - 400 BCE)
