Attic Krater attributed to the Swing Painter

3D Model

An Attic red-figure column krater dated to ca. 530 BCE. ‘Column’ refers to the handle structure.

The more elaborately painted face depicts a charioteer departing in a quadriga (four horse chariot) with five male attendants and a child. The figures are all helmeted, suggesting a departure for battle. The figure on the chariot is detaile detailed in white paint, perhaps representing armour.

The reverse side depicts to adult men facing one another on folding seats. They are unarmoured and holding sticks, perhaps walking sticks to signify advanced age, also suggested by the white hair of the left hand figure. To the right of the scene is a young boy, and to the left is is another older man, appearing to be in conversation with someone out of the frame. The figures are placed among stylized palm trees, perhaps suggesting a location outside of Greece or Italy.

On the basis of the palm trees, it is concievable that the scenes depicted refer to the Trojan War; however, this interpretation is purely speculative.