Symposium
- Title
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Symposium
- Repository
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British Museum
- Alternative
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Column krater
Vase E486
- Creator
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unknown
- Photographer
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Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
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unknown Ancient Greek (vase painter)
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured column-krater. (a) Symposion. Two bearded men recline to left on two couches, leaning left arm on striped cushions; the one on the right has a broad radiated band (ampyx?) tied in a bow behind the ear, with end hanging down; he raises on his right a phiale, addressing his companion, who turns towards him, holding up in his right by the stem a large kylix; this one is wreathed, and has his left arm wrapped in his mantle; both have the legs draped. In the foreground between the two a flute-player stands, to right, playing on flutes; she wears a long chiton with apoptygma, and her hair is looped up with a radiated fillet. In the background hang a taenia (on left) and a ring-shaped object (wreath ?). In front of each couch is a table, on which is a dish with flowers. (b) Three draped ephebi. The one on left moves away to left, looking back at the other two; his right arm projects over the border of the design. The central one holds a staff. In the field hangs a pair of halteres (jumping-weights). Style late and careless. Yellowish-white is used for wreath and fillet of flute-player and flowers. Round the lip, in black silhouette on red, two pairs of animals, a lion and boar, stepping towards each other. --The British Museum
Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
- View
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Front; Detail
- Coverage
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Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Nola, Campania, Italy (discovery)
- Temporal
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ca. 450-440 BCE
- Subject
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Pottery V
Red Figure Symposium
Red Figure, White, Animal
- Style Period
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Red-figure
Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
- Work Type
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column kraters
- Date
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-0450/-0440
- Identifier
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Lowenstam_VRC_06354
- Item Locator
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Box 14, Section 15
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
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Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Measurements
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Height: 34.29 cm Diameter: 27.94 cm
- Material
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pottery | painted
- Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Cultural Context
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Attic (culture)
- Id Current Repository
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1867,0508.1135