Nestoris (two-handled jar) with Mythological Scenes

Choephoroi Painter

340-320 BCE

Terracotta

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

A black-figure terracotta krater depicts mythological scenes with figures in red and black tones. The vase has two large handles and a pedestal base. Red-figured Lucanian Type II nestoris. Broad ring foot with mid-length stem. Body flares from stem, rounds up, and turns in sharply to form a relatively narrow, flat shoulder. Neck curves up from shoulder and continues almost vertically to the slightly flaring rim. Narrow lip. Two sets of handles. One set is upswung, beginning at shoulder, continuing above rim, and then curving downward abruptly to attach to rim. These handles are composed of two straps connected at points along the interior with struts. They are decorated along their exterior faces with a delicate black-figure ivy scroll with berries. Two sets of discs, decorated w