Wall fragment from bottom of figured decoration. Max. dim. 0.095.

Chimaera (chest, shoulder, most of forelegs, start of belly) to left. Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. Preliminary sketch. Relief contour: chest; ruff. Dilute glaze: ruff.

The subject is Bellerophon and the Chimaera, a rather rare theme in Attic red figure (see 443). Given the large scale of the Chimaera on 445 in relation to that of the ornamental band, there may not have been other figures present besides Bellerophon on Pegasos, although this would be unusual. For full representations, see Genoa 1911.163 near the Pronomos Painter (ARV2 1337, 6; Addenda 366); Naples 3243 from the Budapest Group (ARV2 1439, 2); and an unattributed calyx-krater, Lecce 4530 (MarbWPr 1952--1954, pl. 2). The Chimaera on 445 is closest to the one on a fragmentary Faliscan calyx-krater, Berlin inv. 4542 (JdI 71, 1956, p. 68, fig. 11).