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41. Altar Scene
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- Pottery: red-figured cup. Foot now removed. INTERIOR: seated man at altar. A bearded man sits to the right on a plain stool clad in a himation (black border). With his right hand he pours a libation from a phiale over an altar, his left rests on the crutch of a plain stick. He wears a reserved apicate fillet and has high relief dots for the curls of his hair below it. His mouth is slightly open, suggesting the prayer that goes with a libation. The phiale is of the lobed or bossed type (relief line lobes, dilute glaze dashes within): the wine of the libation being poured is shown by a splash of red that covers the end of the phiale and the edge of the altar. The altar has two further splashes of red on it, presumably from an earlier sacrifice. Its top has an ovolo moulding above which is a volute-ended crown and a fire-brick. In the field on the right hangs a cup, seen from underneath. On the left of the man are hung a sponge, aryballos (circumscribed cross) and net bag with a loop at the bottom. Reserved exergue with a line at the top. Border: alternating false maeander (twelve-stroke, alternately clockwise and anticlockwise; repeated clockwise unit at three o'clock) and blackened cross-square. EXTERIOR: komos. Side A (upper): four dancing komasts and another. On the far left, a man moves to the right, but with his head turned back and down to the left. He wears a himation with a black border (as all the other komasts on the exterior) over his shoulders, his left hand holding up a bunch of folds above his left shoulder. His right hand must have held the plain stick (fragment with hand, shoulder and touch of forehead, with palmette, missing), which crosses his body. He, like all the other komasts, wears a thick reserved headband decorated with wavy dilute glaze lines and has relief dots over neck and forehead. The next komast moves to the right, but again looks back and down to the left. He has his himation over his shoulders and similarly picks at the folds on his left shoulder. He holds a large black skyphos in his right hand in front of his chest. It has a reserved lip and a reserved band below handle level. His right leg is shown in an awkward three-quarter view and his torso is frontal. In the centre a dancing man is shown in a particularly lively pose. He wears a himation over his shoulders and up over the back of his head. His legs are splayed, the right one bent up high; his torso frontal. His hands are clasped together on the right, the fingers and thumbs clearly entwined, index fingers raised. To the right of him a man moves to the left, head turned back to the right and up. His left arm and shoulder are covered with a himation; his right arm is bent up with the fingers slightly spread. His torso is frontal and his left foot seen in three-quarter frontal view. On the far right a man wearing a himation in the normal fashion moves to the left. He holds a cup in his left hand, handle towards the viewer. His right arm is raised, as if directing the dancers. Side Β (lower): five komasts, one with frontal head. On the far left is a man moving to the right, but with his head turned back and down to the left. He has a himation over his shoulders (his left shoulder is missing) and holds a cup by its handle in his left hand (index finger pointed). He puts his right hand up to his thick reserved headband. To the right of him a man moves to the right, seen fully in profile, with a himation over his right upper arm and left shoulder. He holds a cup out in his right hand. His left hand is also outstretched, as if to catch any drips. In the centre a man with a himation round his shoulders moves to the left. He holds a skyphos in his left hand, which he seems to look down at with intense concentration, and holds up his right hand. His penis is infibulated. On the right a man moves away to the right, but looks back and down to the left, his torso frontal. He holds a black cup in his left hand and holds his right up in the air. On the far right a man moves to the left, a himation round his shoulders. His head is fully frontal. He holds a cup in his left hand by the foot (handle outwards) and his right hand reaches up to his thick headband. At either handle: floral complex with a circumscribed palmette either side of the handles and a pair of addorsed palmettes under the handles; spiral terminals and dots. Ground line: single reserved line. Relief line contour throughout (double for hair); dilute glaze for minor interior markings; reserved line inside and outside lip; inscriptions in added red. --The British Museum, Williams, Dyfri, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 17, British Museum 9, London, BMP, 1993; A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
42. Woman at Altar
- Description
- Pottery: red-figured kylix. Interior: Within a circle of alternate maeanders and red cross squares, a woman standing to right before a burning altar in form of an Ionic capital with volutes and egg moulding, half seen on right, on which she is pouring wine from a phiale. She wears a sleeved chiton, a himation, and a saccos with purple loop at the end. Exterior: (a) Symposion: Three figures reclining to right on the ground-line; each leans his left arm on a cushion folded in two. The central figure, who is bearded, holds up in his right a chelys towards the left hand youth, who turns to receive it; the youth on the right holds against his breast a cotyle (black silhouette). Beside this figure hangs a basket, and beside the left hand figure his staff leans against the background. (d) Similar scene: In this case the central figure (a youth) turns to right, playing on the flutes, towards the youth on right, who, with head thrown back and right arm clasped over the crown, seems to be singing. The left hand youth holds out on his right a cotyle towards the left. On the right of the central figure hangs a basket, on the left a lyre. All the figures in both scenes wear himation over left shoulder, and fillet. Below the exterior scenes a red band, on which are painted a series of objects in black silhouette, as follows: below the bearded man in (a), a basket, next on right a pair of boots, a cotyle, oinochoe, kylix, keras, pair of sandals seen in perspective, a pair of boots, a cotyle, pair of boots, cotyle, kylix, oinochoe, pair of sandals in perspective. Purple is used for the flame, head-dresses, cords of basket and plectrum in exterior scenes. No inner markings. Eye in profile. Beneath each handle, a palmette, with tendrils terminating in a leaf. --The British Museum, Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
43. Leave-taking
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- Design red on a black background. 1. Farewell scene: a youthful male figure, attired for the chase, stands before a female figure, who holds out to him in her hand a phiale; she has her hair bound with a opisthosphendone, and wears a talaric chiton with sleeves and a peplos; the youthful male figure wears a petasus hanging at his back, and a chlamys fastened by a perone on the breast; in his right hand he holds two spears; behind him stands a youthful male figure leaning on his staff and advancing his right hand as if conversing; he wears a diadem and a mantle; both males are young and beardless., A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851
44. Libation
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- Pottery: White-ground lekythos. Sacrifice. On the right is an altar of rough outline, as if of hewn stone, from which flames arise. On the left stands a bearded, wreathed man (a priest ?) in an himation, leaning forward against a staff, and holding out in his right over the flames a phiale; in his left he holds a sprig of myrtle, probably for lustration (purification). Above hang a lock of hair and a wreath, probably votive. The vase has received a blow while the clay was soft, which has left a vertical indentation in the centre of the design. Early fine period. Drawing in black outline; hair and staff, black silhouette; dress, pink, with folds in brown. Eye in profile. Above, a strip, closed at each end, of maeander, with two white cross squares, on white. On shoulder, a pattern of five palmettes, black on red. --The British Museum, Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
45. Libation
- Description
- Pottery: White-ground lekythos: man with sceptre pouring libation before a pipes-player. --The British Museum
46. Sacrifice
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- Pottery: red-figured bell-krater. (a) Sacrifice. In the centre is a blazing altar, with fuel, in which is a hooked object. On either side is a wreathed youth in an himation engaged in sacrifice; the one on left pours wine on the flames from a footless kylix in his right; the other roasts in the flames a piece of meat on the end of two spits; on the left a youth similarly attired plays on the flutes. On the right a bearded man in an himation, also wreathed, looks on, resting his right on a staff. In the field imitation inscriptions. (b) Two draped ephebi, staff in hand, confronted; between them a third, to left Each wears a fillet. On the foot an incised inscription. Late careless drawing. Purple inscriptions, stems of wreaths, and flames. Brown ties on altar. Below, sets of three maeanders separated by dotted chequer squares. Round the lip, laurel-wreath. Round the handles, egg pattern; below the handles, an ornament composed of two palmettes superimposed. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
47. Nike and Warrior
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- Pottery: red-figured pelike, with ribbed handles. (a) Nike pouring wine for a warrior. On the left, Nike, in a sleeved Ionic chiton, and over it a Doric chiton schistos with black border (cf. BM Vase Ε494), hair looped up with a fillet, and a caduceus in her left hand, looks down, pouring-wine from an oinochoe in her right hand; beside her is inscribed NIKF, Νίκη. In the centre a bearded warrior stands en face, but looks at Nike, holding out in his right a phiale (half broken away); on his left arm is a shield, the interior coloured black and decorated with a wreath; he wears a helmet with cheek-pieces lowered, decorated on the crown with a sea-horse, a sword hanging at his waist, and a mantle hanging over his arms; in his left hand is a spear, point downwards. On the right a bearded man, bald on the crown, Antandros, stands en face, but looking to the left; he is draped and wreathed, and wears shoes; his right hand rests on a crutch-staff. Above him is inscribed ΑΝΤΑΝΔΡΟΣ, Άντανδρος. On the left of the scene above Nike is inscribed EVAION KAΛΟΣ, Eύαίων καλός. (b) A king (?) and two women with armour. In the centre a bearded man, draped and wreathed with laurel, stands to right, holding upright in his right a sceptre. The woman on the right holds a sword by the sword-belt, the one on the left a tall crested helmet; each wears a long sleeved chiton and himation; the one on the right has a saccos, the other has her hair looped up with a fillet. Large style. Purple inscriptions and sword-belt. White is used for handles of swords and shield, for wreath on interior of shield, wreath of Antandros, sea-horse, and taenia in hand of one of the female figures in b. Brown inner markings. Eye in developed profile type. The edge of the hair and beard, and crest of helmet in a, are painted in brown. The shield and left arm of the warrior in a are drawn in bold foreshortening. Below, a continuous band, sets of three maeanders separated by dotted cross squares. Above a, a strip of alternate palmette and anthemion; above b, a strip of double palmettes set obliquely; below each handle, an ornament composed of seven palmettes. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
- Description
- Pottery: red-figured hydria. Thersites insulting Agamemnon. On the right stands Thersites, an old, bald-headed man with hooked nose and grotesque features, and peculiarly shaped head; he leans on a staff and wears a long chiton and an himation, which is passed over the back of his head. He looks at Agamemnon, who moves away with bearded face to front, carrying his spear sloped over his right shoulder, and shield (device, a lion to left) seen edgewise on his left arm; he wears a broad fillet, short chiton, cuirass, and a mantle hangs over his arms. On the left a bearded figure in a chlamys and a hemispherical helmet (Nestor?), with a spear over his right shoulder, moves away, looking back; the action of his left hand is not certain; he may possibly be touching the arm of Agamemnon. The cuirass of Agamemnon seems to be made in narrow vertical slips overlapping each other, and is decorated with a star on the shoulder-piece. Late stage of good period; drawing careless. Eye in profile. Below, a strip of maeander; above, of alternate palmette and lotus; round lip and handles, egg pattern. --The British Museum, Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
- Description
- Pottery: red-figured kylix (drinking-cup). INTERIOR: Warrior and girl. On the left a warrior sits on a stool with fringed cushion decorated with rows of dots and rows of two-tailed blobs. He is dressed in short chiton (dilute glaze folds on shoulder), dotted himation (battlement upper border, black lower border), cuirass, Corinthian helmet and red greave-pads (upper band crenellated, lower plain). His hair and beard are done with dilute glaze; a long curl falls down over his shoulder. He holds a spear upright in his left hand (a group of dilute glaze lines on upper shaft; point breaks the border pattern) and holds out a bossed phiale in his right. The bosses are done with raised clay and then gilded by using red miltos as a bole. His mouth is open and his name is written as if issuing from it: +PVΣΙΠΠΟΣ. On the right stands a girl in chiton (folds of second overfold and sleeve done in dilute glaze; ends of red girdle show over her right knee) and himation. Her blond hair (done with dilute glaze) is tied up at the back with a double reserved cord with three tassels that fall on her shoulder and a hair slide or clip. She supports the rim of a black shield (reserved line at joint with rim) with her left hand and holds up a dipper with a long handle that terminates in a very schematic duck's head: she is about to pour wine into the warrior's phiale. Over her back is written her name: IEVXΣO. Her disc earring is done with raised clay and was gilded, like the phiale. Border: dotted saltire cross (blobs at ends of arms) alternating with three units of stopt maeander (five- to six-stroke, anticlockwise: reversed behind helmet crest and woman's head, and only two units at two o'clock). EXTERIOR: satyrs threaten Hera and Iris. Side A: Hera threatened by satyrs. Creeping out from under the handle root on the extreme left is a satyr, named ΤΕΡΠΟΝ. His left knee is almost on the ground, his right is doubled up under him; both hands are on the ground. Like all the other satyrs on the cup, he has his mouth slightly open, his hairline is receding, he has an erection and he wears a red wreath of ivy leaves. In addition, however, his long hair falls down in curls over his back. Almost alongside him walks another satyr, named BABAK+OΣ. His fists are clenched (the preliminary sketch shows that the left arm was originally raised by c. 90 degrees). In front of him is a third satyr, named HVAPIEI: (the first letter is cramped and may be a mistake for K), who moves forward, but the way he spreads his hands suggests he may be hesitating (his erection is obscured by the tail of the next satyr). In the centre is a fourth satyr, named ΣTVON, who stoops as he moves forward. He is almost in three-quarter back view. Facing these satyrs stands Hermes (HEPMEΣ retr., except final sigma). He wears a dotted chlamys with a black border tied at the neck (circular brooch), petasos (dilute hatching along the curve before the brim, to indicate shadow) with red ties and winged boots and carries a kerykeion (four raised dots for gilding on finial) in his left hand. His right hand is raised with thumb and forefinger together. Behind Hermes, Hera (HEPA retr.) moves rapidly away to the right, her head turned back to the left and her right arm outstretched. She wears a chiton (dilute glaze folds on sleeve) with a red tie under the overfold, a himation with a battlement border, a stephane, a snake bracelet and disc earring (stephane and bracelet are done with raised clay and were gilded). She has gathered some of her chiton in her left hand to aid her flight. On the far right Herakles (HEPAKLEΣ retr., except final sigma) moves rapidly to the left: his left foot is off the ground. He is dressed in a striped jacket, trousers decorated with stripes, rows of dots and double tailed blobs, a short chiton and his lion-skin. The upper folds of his chiton are done with dilute glaze. He holds a bow (red string) and arrow out in his left hand and a club, which is done with raised clay and was gilded, back in his right hand. A quiver with two arrows in it hangs from a red strap at his left hip. He is shown in three-quarter back view. Side B: Iris caught by two satyrs, Dionysos and a satyr. On the left a satyr, named ΔΡΟMΙΣ, runs past a plain block: both his feet are off the ground and his arms are outstretched. The preliminary sketch lines indicate that the artist had once intended to draw a folding stool covered with an animal skin on this block. In front of him stands Dionysos (ΔIONVΣOΣ) with his legs crossed, the left frontal, the right on tip toe behind. He is dressed in a long chiton with a red girdle and a himation and has an animal skin (pardalis) tied around his neck and a red ivy wreath in his hair. He has a striped sceptre in his left hand and a black kantharos in his right. The preliminary sketch indicates that a regular vine branch was once intended. In the centre is an altar with volute finials and an ovolo pattern. At the centre of either volute is a lump of raised clay that was gilded. The altar is wreathed with ivy and has three splashes of red, either blood or wine. A satyr, named Ε+ON, is climbing over the altar to reach Iris. He is seen in three-quarter back view and has his right foot on top of the altar, next to the fire-brick, his left leg trails behind. He has gripped Iris' right wrist with his left hand and tugs at the upper folds of her chiton with his right. Iris (IPIN) tuns away to the right, left foot off the ground, but turns her head back towards Echon. She has scaly wings and is dressed in a chiton (dilute glaze folds for second overfold), a plain sakkos and disc earring (raised clay for gilding). In her right hand she holds a kerykeion. In her left hand she has an elongated object filled with a dilute glaze wash: it continues in dilute glaze without relief line contouring up in a high curve with a slight blob at the end. On the right a third satyr, named LΕΦΣΙΣ, stops Iris' flight. He has caught her left elbow with his right hand and endeavours to wrench the object from her with his other hand. He is seen in three-quarter back view; his left foot is off the ground. Ground line: single reserved line. On edge of foot: BPVAOΣ EΠOIEΣEN, in glaze, spaced and divided so that Brygos is under side A, epoiesen under side Β (see fig. 3g). Relief line contours throughout (except hair); dilute glaze for minor interior markings; added red for inscriptions; thin reserved line outside at juncture of offset lip and wall. --The British Museum, Williams, Dyfri, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 17, British Museum 9, London, BMP, 1993; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: black-figured dinos (wine-bowl) and stand, incorporating the fragments 1978.6-6.1 and 2, and 1978.6-7.1 to 3. It shows the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, above friezes of real and imaginary animals. Peleus receives the wedding guests at his house; among them Dionysos, Hebe, and the centaur Cheiron. Between the columns of Peleus' house is the artist's signature "Sophilos painted me". The first chariot in the procession carries Zeus and Hera, the second Poseidon and Amphitrite, the third Hermes and Apollo and the fourth Ares and Aphrodite. Between the chariots walk groups of Fates, Graces and Muses, one of whom plays the pipes. Athena and Artemis ride in the last chariot, and are followed by Thetis' grandfather, the fish-tailed sea-god Okeanos, his wife Tethys, and Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth. Hephaistos brings up the rear, seated side-saddle on a mule. --The British Museum, H.A.G. Brijder, Siana Cups II, The Heidelberg Painter, 8, Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, 1991
