(a) Pluto carrying off Persephone: Pluto drives a chariot (turned partly to right) at full speed he is bearded, with wreath, drapery over left arm, sceptre in left hand, with Ionic cap on which is a white eagle to right with wings spread. On the neck, a head of Aura to the front, with curls and stephane ornamented with chevron pattern, resting on the calyx of a flower from which luxuriant tendrils and blossoms branch out on either side above, it is incised: AVDA, Αύρα. Above each design, tongue- and egg-patterns below the designs, maeander and crosses below the handles, palmettes. On the neck, (a) above the design, ivy-wreath: (b) palmettes and rosettes. On the lip, (a) above, egg-moulding below, laurel-wreath with a rosette in the middle: (b) above, egg-moulding below, rosettes. South Italian red figured pottery volute krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).ĭesigns red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow.
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