He is greeting his teacher, the centaur Chiron, who is heading the procession together with the divine messenger Iris, followed by many other deities. The end of the procession shows Peleus between an altar and the house where Thetis can be seen sitting inside. Because of its large number of figures, the procession is a suitable topic to decorate the long band. The third frieze on both sides, the highest and also most prominent one because of its location on the top of the body vessel, depicts the procession of the gods to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. The vase is signed by Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter) It was later restored by Pietro Zei in 1902, followed by a second reconstruction in 1973 incorporating previously missing pieces.
In 1900 the vase was smashed into 638 pieces by a museum guard by hurling a wooden stool against the protective glass. It is highly unusual for so many to be identifiable: the scenes depicted represent a number of mythological themes. It depicts 270 figures, 121 of which have accompanying inscriptions. It bears the inscriptions Ergotimos mepoiesen and Kleitias megraphsen, meaning ' Ergotimos made me' and ' Kleitias painted me'. The François Vase may have been made for a symposium given by a member of an aristocratic family in Solonian Athens (possibly for a special occasion, such as a wedding), then broken and, after being carefully repaired, sent to Etruria, perhaps as an instance of elite-gift exchange. It remains uncertain whether the krater was used in Greece or in Etruria, and whether the handles were broken and repaired in Greece or in Etruria. It was named after its discoverer Alessandro François, and is now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence. The François Vase was discovered in 1844 in Chiusi where an Etruscan tomb in the necropolis of Fonte Rotella was found located in central Italy. A milestone in the development of ancient Greek pottery due to the drawing style used as well as the combination of related stories depicted in the numerous friezes, it is dated to circa 570/560 BCE. It stands at 66 cm in height and was inspired by earlier bronze vases. The François Vase is a large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style. Attic black-figure volute krater, known as the François vase, ca.
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