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ID:

aa_4311

Beazley Number:

275972

Type:

Vase

Date:

ca. -480

Period:

Late Archaic/Early Classical

Painter:

Signed by Douris

Potter:

Signed by Python

Dimensions:

H. 0.118 m., D. 0.301 m.

Ware:

Attic Red Figure

Shape:

Kylix

Date Description

Samian form of *D indicates the vase is from the latter part of Douris' career. Also *I*P*O*D*A*M*A*S *K*A*L*O*S is associated with the third of four periods of Douris' career.

Shape Description

Cup Type B.

Decoration Description

Tondo: a bearded man, leaning on a staff, stands before a youth in a himation. The youth carries a tortoise-shell lyre. Behind the man is a stool with cushion. The man may be a music instructor. The cup is signed around tondo with *D*O*U*R*I*S *E*G*R*A*F*S*E*N ("Douris painted it"). Tondo border consists of single false meander squares alternating with crossed squares.

Side A: Two pairs of seated youth and standing man, with a third standing man at right. Lyres hang in field with string bags for knucklebones, and aryballoi and sponges used by athletes. The central man offers a hare to the youth. Side B: same as Side A except one youth has hare on his lap. Palmettes by handles.

Graffiti

*D*O*U*R*I*S *E*G*R*A*F*S*E*N in tondo ("Douris painted it"). Side A: *I*P*O*D*A*M*A *K*A*L*O*S ("Hippodama[s] is beautiful"). Side B: *I*P*O*D*A*M*A*S *K*A*L*O*S ("Hippodamas is beautiful").

Notes

Berlin F 2285, another school scene by Douris.

Collection:

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum

From the collection of Molly and Walter Bareiss.

Citations and Bibliography

Bareiss Collection 1983, no. 34, 48-49.