Object Description

Volute Krater depicting Phoenix and Achilles

Monumental Apulian volute krater, depicting Phoenix and Achilles, ca. 320 BC, attributed to the White Sakkos Painter. 

Identification Date

Between Jan and May 2000

Identification Location

Jean Paul Getty Museum, California, US.

Artefact History

Before 1977

One Polaroid image in the Medici archive, depicts fragments from the neck of the krater, unrestored, on top of a grey surface, while a hand is visible holding some of them.

1977

The fragments were acquired by the Jean Paul Getty Museum and the vase, mostly restored, enters the museum’s collection with the acc. no. 77.AE.14.

2000

Using the Medici Polaroid, Italian archaeologists Dr Daniela Rizzo and Mr Maurizio Pellegrini identify the krater at the antiquities collection of the Jean Paul Getty Museum, California, US. 

Artefact Status

Between 2006 and 2007

Between 2006 and 2007, the krater was repatriated to Italy from the Jean Paul Getty Museum.