Restoration of a bell-shaped kratera
Bell-shaped kratera with red figures from Gil de Olid, Puente del Obispo.
Cultural Context: Late Iron Age. Iberian 475 BCE - 376 BCE
Face A: Gold fleece Scene of Jason in search of the fleece of gold facing Medea.
Face B: Youths with himation Three youths are wrapped in their himations, two looking to the right and one to the left. It depicts athletes with typical artefacts, such as strigils.
Rim: Laurel garland.
Below the representational scene: Border pattern. Meander frieze.
The object was discovered in a very fragmented and incomplete state, with significant surface deposits and different types of stains.
The interventions carried out were as follows: mechanical cleaning of the surface, removal of deposits of earth and carbonate concretions. Joining/adhesion of fragments, infilling in low relief and colour infilling with diluted plain ink.