Three Fragments from an Attic Black-Figure Calyx Krater

Rycroft Painter

about 500 B.C.

Terracotta

J. Paul Getty Museum

A fragment of a black-figure terracotta vase decorated with rows of heart-shaped motifs and a depiction of a figure with outstretched hands. Three fragments with various figures, perhaps part of the same scene. The largest fragment (75.AE.14.a) comes from a central region of the krater and preserves the lower half of a draped figure mounting a chariot, a vine branch, and the tails of two horses. A slightly smaller fragment (75.AE.14.b), also from the central region, preserves a high stepping draped figure and a large leafy vine branch. These two fragments, both triangular shaped, may be part of the same scene, the high stepping youth proceeding or following the chariot, and the vine branches suggesting the presence of Dionysos. The third fragment (75.AE.14.c), an elongat