What: Kleitias and Ergotimos, Francois Vase (Athenian black-figure volute krater)
From Chiusi, Italy, ca. 570BCE. 2' 2" high. Signed by both painter and potter, has more than 200 mythical figures in five registers, the same format as on Geometric and Orientalizing vases. Black figure technique is a base of black, each clay layer is painted. The painter scratches off the layers to reveal the colors.
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