Harvard Art Museums > 1959.188: Pelike (wine container): Two youths and Lyre player Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pelike (wine container): Two youths and Lyre player (Manner of The Pig Painter) , 1959.188,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291219. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.188 People Manner of The Pig Painter, Greek (active c. 470 BCE) Title Pelike (wine container): Two youths and Lyre player Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 470 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica) Period Classical period, Early Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291219 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Red-figure Dimensions actual: 37.5 x 16.51 cm (14 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Frederick M. Watkins; Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1959. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #206484 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Frederick M. Watkins Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.188 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description One side shows two youths and female kithara player. In the center, a woman facing right wearing a fine chiton and headdress stands playing a kithara. She tilts her head back and opens her mouth, indicating that she is singing. To the right is a youth, nude with a loosely draped mantel who bends slightly to lift a large krater (mixing bowl for wine and water). Below the krater is a stool upon which are draped folded garments. To the left of the woman is a second youth, also draped, who holds a walking stick and lyre. This scene’s likely context is the symposium (drinking party) or komos (drunken revelry thought to follow the symposium). On the other side are two youths and a bearded man. In the center, a nude youth facing right wears loose drapery with a garland on his head and plays the pipes. To his right, another garlanded youth walking further to the right turns his head over his shoulder. He holds a pitcher in one hand and a wineskin in the other. To left of both the young men, an older bearded man, facing right, holds a large amphora (storage vessel). All three figures are participating in a drunken procession (komos) occurring after a symposium. Publication History J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, England, 1963), p. 566, no. 8 Diana M. Buitron, Attic Vase Painting in New England Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 112-113, no. 61 The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973) Exhibition History Attic Vase Painting in New England Collections, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1972 - 04/05/1972 The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973 HAA132e The Ideal of the Everyday in Greek Art (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
