Callisto metamorphosing, or a Centauress | Greek vase, Apulian red figure fragment

O15.1 KENTAURIS OR KALLISTO

Private Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue Number: Boston 13.206
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Fragment of krater
Painter: Attributed to the Black Fury Painter
Date: ca 390 - 380 BC

SUMMARY

Vase fragment containing the image of an animal-eared woman: either a Kentauris (female centaur) or Kallisto, the girl transformed into a bear.

ARTICLES

Kentaurides

 
 
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