This medium-sized, thick-rimmed krater with short, upturned handles, stands on a double profiled foot with convex ring. Side A shows a warrior departing for battle. On the left a woman facing right, clad in a floral chiton and himation with a fillet in her hair, holding an oinochoe in her hand. The warrior in the centre faces her. He is clad in full armour with Attic helmet, lance and large round shield, and holds a phial for the parting libation in his right hand. Unusually, a shield apron drapes down from the middle of the outside of his shield. The Doric column between the two figures partially obscures the phial. Behind the warrior is the bearded master of the house with cloak and sceptre, facing left. Side B shows another valedictory scene: The woman on the left wears a chiton and cloak. She hands a phiale to a warrior with pilos helmet who leans on a staff. A profiled edge juts out above the figural scenes. It is adorned by a band of ovolos; above it a band of ivy, both in black and finely framed. Adorning the outside of the step defining the shoulder of the vessel is a frieze of double, right-facing meanders interrupted by crossed tiles. Above the handles on either side are two palmettes leading into elaborate, volute-like coiled tendrils, some with lotus flowers. The black glaze has been unevenly fired and is discoloured greenish and orange in areas. At some point in its history, probably in the 19th or early 20th century, the vase was covered with a resin-based paint, which has since been removed, as have the “invisible” restorations (mostly on side B). Reassembled from fragments; restoration in toned plaster along cracks and for a missing fragment of the rim; surface losses refilled; handle restored; foot not original.