Ca. 350-300 BC. The krater with disc foot, short stem, bulbous body and flaring lip, two ribbon-like handles are set bilaterally, beneath the rim is a chevron pattern. The A side with a scene of a draped maenid wearing a stylised chiton fastened below her breasts by a belt with three white painted dots. Above the belt, the garment is bloused to form a kolpos. Her hair is covered by a kekryphalos. In her right outstretched hand is a thyrsus, in her left a patera with fingers holding a wreath. She stands over an alter or funerary monument. On the reverse is a female head facing left. She wears saccos, hair ribbon, and stephane, as well as earring and necklace. On the left is a decorative vegetation. Cf. Margaret Ellen Mayo, The Art of South Italy, Vases fro Magna Greacia.Size: L:355mm / W:188mm ; 7.35gProvenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed before 2000 on the UK /European art markets.