Bidspirit auction | Canosinian polychrome volute krater.

Canosinian polychrome volute krater. - Canosinian polychrome volute krater. 300 - 280 BC. H 47.1cm, W 26.7cm. Polychrome painting on a red ground. On the belly, within a naiskos, the deceased is depicted as a warrior on horseback. Above, on the neck, the head of a veiled mourning woman between two kneeling erotes. The volutes are decorated on both sides with sculptural winged gorgoneia. The bottom was broken out in ancient times for libation offerings. Neck and foot broken several times and reassembled with small retouches, well-preserved white and traces of blue.