Five non-joining fragments, a and b of wall with turn of shoulder, c and d of rim and neck, e of handle and loop. Glaze slightly greenish on c. Matte on inside. Flaked a bit on b. Max. dim. a) 0.102, b) 0.081, c) 0.18, d) 0.073, e) 0.16. Schleiffenbaum, Volutenkrater, p. 323, cat. no. V 201.

Fragment a (illustrated) preserves the head and shoulders of a woman to right, wearing a chiton. Around her head is a fillet. Behind her is a musician (crosspiece with tuning knobs, strings, ends of arms of his barbiton). In the field, a vine with leaves and grapes, held by Dionysos(?). Above, tongue pattern at the junction with the neck. Fragment b gives part of a chariot scene to right: the forearms and hands of the charioteer holding the reins and a goad as well as a bit of his chiton. On his left, the right forearm and hand of his passenger, who holds on to the breastwork of the chariot (just a little bit remains at the lower right break). Above the wrists of the charioteer there is a bit of reserve that probably represents the left forearm of the passenger and the end of something held in his hand. On the side of the rim (fragments c [illustrated] and d) there is an egg pattern with dots; on upper zone of neck, diagonally addorsed palmettes. The area at the far left of fragment d is reserved, indicating the start of the handle zone. On flange of handle (fragment e), ivy. Tongue pattern at roots of handle loop. Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Red: line at junction of shoulder and neck; fillet; vine leaves and fruit.

For the barbiton, see 196.

The Group of Acropolis 787 (ARV2 233, 2: called a column-krater). The identification of 236 as a column-krater was made by Beazley before fragments of the neck and handle were recovered from the storage tin in 1955, and he probably never saw them.