An Attic Black-figured Column Krater, attributed to the Painter of Louvre F6, circa 530-520 B.C.

with echinus foot, one side painted with a a hoplite facing left flanked by five draped youths, the hoplite holding a shield and wearing greaves, chlamys, and crested Corinthian helmet, the other side decorated with a bird in flight flanked by two panthers looking back, a bird in each handle zone, rays above the foot, tongues below the neck, a head facing left on each handle plate, zigzag lines on top of the rim, the details in added red.

Swiss private collection, acquired between 1960 and 1980 (Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Auktion 5. Kunstwerke der Antike, September 23rd, 2005, no. 34, illus)

For a closely related example by the same painter see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musée du Louvre, vol. 12, pls. 165.3-4, and 166.3-4. Also see the column krater in the Archaeological Museum in Salonica, inv. no. 8327 (I. Vokotopoulou, ed., Makedonen, die Griechen des Nordens, Athens, 1994, p. 168, no. 174).