- Museum number
- 1836,0224.8
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured stamnos.
Scene in Olympos. On the right of (a) Zeus is seated to left on a diphros over which a mantle decorated with crosses and circles is laid; he is bearded and wreathed, and has long hair with two locks (parotides) on the shoulder, a long sleeved chiton thickly dotted, and a mantle, and holds up a fluted phiale in his right, and a sceptre upright in his left hand. Before him stands Hera (?) or Iris (?) in a long sleeved chiton decorated with crosses, a mantle fastened on the left shoulder, a radiated stephane and earrings, with her long hair passed through a folded cloth, holding out in her right an oinochoe as if to catch the wine which falls from the fluted phiale of Apollo, who faces her, playing on the kithara; he is wreathed with laurel, and wears a dress like that of Hera; his hair falls loose to his shoulders. On the left Nike, dressed exactly as Hera, but with a plain purple fillet, runs forward to right, holding up her left hand. On the right, behind Zeus, Hebe (?), a girlish figure with similar headgear and dress, stands to left raising her right hand. On the right of her (in b) Hermes moves away, looking back, and also raising his right hand; he is bearded and wreathed, with long hair, and wears a short sleeved chiton, a chlamys, a petasos hanging at his back, and talaria of the archaic form, the recurved flaps covered with dots. The border of his chlamys is indicated by a succession of dots run close together. Next on the right is Hestia (?) with long sleeved chiton, mantle fastened on the left shoulder, earrings, long hair with two tresses in front of ears, and a fillet; she holds on each side of her a blazing torch, and moves rapidly to left, looking back at Dionysos, who moves to the right, looking back at her, and pouring wine from a cantharos in his right hand; in his left he holds upright a thyrsos; he is bearded, wreathed with ivy, and has long hair like that of Hestia, a long sleeved chiton, and a himation. The chiton of the figures in b is without decoration.
On the bottom of the foot an incised character.
Late stage of severe style. Purple fillets, wreaths, cord of petasos, flames, wine, plectrum and its tuning pegs and cord. Brown edge of hair against the face, and locks of Apollo; also upper folds of chiton of Hestia and Hebe (?). Eye in transition stage. The drapery is arranged in symmetrical sets of four folds. Below, a band of pairs of maeander separated by red cross squares. On the shoulder, tongue; round the lip, egg pattern. The design runs in a continuous frieze all round the vase. The figures of Nike and Hebe are cut by the handles.
- Production date
- 490BC-460BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.21 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
For the subject, cf. Él. Cér.ii, pl. 47. For the arrangement of the chiton, cf. BM Vase Ε446. For the incised character, see Old Catalogue, pl. B.783.
- Location
- On display (G20a/dc7/shC)
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.8
