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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.153
People
The Euaion Painter, Greek
Title
Skyphos (drinking cup): Silenus Holding an Amphora
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 460-450 BCE
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291815

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
H. 14.5 x W. 13.5 cm (5 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #209874

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of E.P. Warren, Esq.
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.153
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
One on side, a nude Silenos (companion and tutor of Dionysos) stands with one hand on his hip and a storage vessel (amphora) in the other. On the left is a thyrsos (ivy-topped Dionysian staff) leaned against an invisible support. On the right is a rock. The word “kalos” (beautiful) is written faintly in front of Silenos’ face.

Publication History

  • J. D. Beazley, Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils. (Tübingen, 1925), 359.57
  • George H. Chase and Mary Zelia Pease, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 8, Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), 35, Pl. 18.3A, 18.3B
  • J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1963), 799.13

Verification Level

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