Adonis & Aphrodite | Greek vase, Paestan red figure calyx krater

K10.6 APHRODITE & ADONIS

Museum Collection: The J Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA
Catalogue No.: Malibu 81.AE.78
Beazley Archive No.: N/A
Ware: Paestan Red Figure
Shape: Calyx krater
Painter: Signed by Asteas
Date: ca 340 BC
Period: Late Classical

ARTICLESAphrodite

SUMMARY

Detail of Aphrodite and Adonis seated in heaven from a scene depicting the bull-shaped god Zeus carrying off Europa.

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