Apulian red-figure bell crater of the Dijon painter.... Lot 4

Apulian red-figure bell crater of the Dijon painter. 380 - 360 BC. H 31,2cm, ø 33,9cm. On the front two warriors in heroic nudity passing a tree to the right striding, both with shield, lance and shoulder cloak, the left with Phrygian, the right with pilos helmet and additionally a kopis, a curved sword, in front of them a bird. At the back a young man with a cloak is handing a taenia to another. Interesting depiction! Tiny superficial chips, otherwise intact. From the collection F. P., Munich, acquired on February 3, 2000. Exhibited 2014 - 2015 in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen as part of the exhibition The Greeks in Italy . On the Dijon painter, see A. Cambitoglou - A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia I (1978) pp. 146-155; A. D. Trendall, Red-Figured Vases from Lower Italy and Sicily - A Handbook (1990) figs. 124-128. By analogy with other depictions, the warrior with pilos helmet could be described as Odysseus. Then the other would certainly be Diomedes, with whom Odysseus had numerous adventures, such as the killing of Palamedes, Dolon and Rhesos, and the robbery of Palladion in Troy.