Fragment of cul with start of handle at far right. Glaze much pitted. Max. dim. 0.087.

Chain of double lotuses and encircled palmettes.

For this pattern on the culs of other calyx-kraters, see 270. An odd feature of 271 is the pair of lines drawn across each lotus near the top, which does not seem to have an exact parallel. A somewhat similar feature occurs on Ferrara 2892 = T.300 in the manner of the Peleus Painter (ARV2 1041, 6; Paralip. 443, 6; Addenda 319; CVA, Ferrara 1 [Italia 37], pl. 19 [1663]; Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 443, cat. no. PEM 7, pl. 153); also on the necks of these volute kraters, only there and on Ferrara 2892 = T.300), the lines serve to separate long fronds from short petals: Ferrara 2739 = T.749 by the Boreas Painter (ARV2 536, 1; Paralip. 384, 1; Addenda 255; CVA, Ferrara 1 [Italia 37], pl. 5 [1649]:3); two by the Niobid Painter: Bologna 268 (ARV2 598, 1; Paralip. 394, 1; Addenda 265; Prange, Niobidenmaler, p. 180, cat. no. N 1) and Ferrara 2652 = T.740 (ARV2 599, 6; Paralip. 394, 6; Addenda 266; CVA, Ferrara 1, [Italia 37], pl. 7 [1651]:1; Prange, p. 181, cat. no. N 7); Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, BS 486 by the Painter of Bologna 279 (ARV2 612, 2; Addenda 268; CVA, Basel 3 [Schweiz 7], pl. 3 [315]; Prange, p. 217, cat. no. GN 62); and Ferrara 45685 = T.19 C VP by the Chicago Painter (ARV2 628, 1; Paralip. 399, 1; Addenda 272).