Attic Red Figure Pelike
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Att App. 19
- Date
- late 5th C. BC
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Butler B-P1502
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Pelike
- Pottery Ware
- Attic Red Figure
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Necropolis, Tomb 841.
- Description
Chase, “Field Notes”:”A. Two women in conversation (one at right, seated; one at left standing); each holds thyrsus. Above and below, egg and dot.
“B. Youth in himation, right, resting right hand on staff. Above and below, egg and dot.”
- Dimensions
- H. 0.17, diam. 0.136.
- Comments
Cf. a late 5th-C. hydria by the Hasselmann Painter, ABV 1137.34, and CVA Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, pl. 45, no. 2, pl. 46, no. 1. The comparison was suggested by L. Miller (personal communication).
Also in tomb: other small Attic red figure vases (not specified) and jewelry (not in Sardis XI): a pair of gold earrings on the right bed; two rock crystal supports for vases (?); also two terracotta figurines and three terracotta masks (early 5th C.), found in the dromos.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR