stamnos
- Museum number
- 1843,1103.99
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured stamnos.
(a) Symposion with Cottabos (wine-throwing game). The two figures on the right are as in the following vase, but wear ivy-wreaths; and the ephebos holds in his left a kylix, and has his lips parted as if singing. Above him, ΚΑΛΟΣ. The third figure is a youth, also wreathed with ivy, who holds in his right, by one handle, a footless kylix, and turns to right to look at his companions; the left arm of this figure is drawn in bold foreshortening. Between him and the central figure the flute-player stands to right: her hair is looped up behind with a broad fillet, and she wears cross-straps (stethodesma) across her breasts. Above her head, ΚΑΛΕ. In front of each couch is a table, on which is a row of small purple dots, from which a vine-branch hangs down in front. On the left hangs a chelys.
(b) Three draped ephebi. The central one stands en face, and looks to right at another, who places his right upon his shoulder. The one on left rests his right on a staff.
Purple stem and berries of ivy wreath, inscriptions, fillets, tuning-pegs of lyre, and vine on tables. The lower band of ornament has red cross squares.
- Production date
- 450BC-440BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 39.37 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
All scenes are similar to BM Vase E454.
- Location
- On display (G69/dc31)
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1843,1103.99
