Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Late Classical, ca. 360–350 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm), Vases, Obverse, artist painting a statue of Herakles, Reverse, Athena with deities. Representations of artists at work are exceedingly rare. This vase illustrates a craft for which virtually no evidence survives, that of applying pigment to stone sculpture using the technique of encaustic
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Terracotta column-krater, bowl, mixing wine, water, Late Classical, ca, 360–350 B.C, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 20 1/4, 51.5 cm, Vases, Obverse, artist painting, statue, Herakles, Reverse, Athena, deities, Representations, artists, work, exceedingly rare, vase illustrates, craft, virtually no evidence, survives, applying pigment, stone sculpture, using, technique, encaustic
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