plate
- Museum number
- 1867,0508.1022
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured plate.
Two revellers, wreathed, walking to left side by side. The near one plays on flutes, and walks with bent knees and short steps, as if in time to the music; from his left shoulder hangs by a cord a flute case, sybene, containing a spare pair of flutes; attached to it by a thinner cord is a mouthpiece case, glottocomeion (?). The other, a bearded man, stoops forward to lift with both hands from the ground a large cotyle; he wears a mantle over his shoulders, and high boots. Around, an inscription. Feet resting on the border.
Purple is used for inscription, wreaths, and cords of sybene. Fine brown inner marking only for outline of flute-player's cheek. Outline of hair incised.
- Production date
- 520BC-500BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 19.05 centimetres
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Height: 1.27 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Klein, Meistersig2 p. 106, no. 19; Brunn, Künstlergesch. ii, p. 673, no. 17; C.I.Gr. 8169?
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Lip slightly chipped.
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1867,0508.1022
