48 - Fragment of an Etruscan red-figure cup krater. Orvieto, ca. 350 B.C. H 10.1 cm, W 15.7 cm. Fragment with the base of a handle. Above a row of palmettes is a figurative frieze. The lower part of a nude figure riding a sea creature with a serpentine body has been preserved; in front of it is the remnant of an object, perhaps an oar; and on the far left is a small portion of another sea creature. Details are rendered in white; the figure’s body is coated with a thin reddish paint. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of G. S., Munich, since before 1980.

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