Boston 95.10 (Vase)
Bellerophon and the Chimaera, sphinxes
- ID:
- aa_4934
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -650 — ca. -630
- Period:
- Early Archaic
- Ceramic Phase:
- Late Protocorinthian
- Context:
- From Thebes
- Region:
- Boeotia
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Group of the Chigi Painter
- Attributed By:
- D.A. Amyx
- Dimensions:
-
H. D. 0.038 m.
- Ware:
- Protocorinthian
- Shape:
- Aryballos
Decoration Description
The base of the vessel is decorated with a ray pattern, above which is a band of plaits. Above this is an animal frieze depicting three hounds closing in on a hare. A thin black line separates this frieze from the main one above. Here Bellerophon is on the winged horse Pegasos, flying to the left to attack the Chimaera. There is a tiny lizard in between them. Behind the Chimaera and Bellerophon are two walking sphinxes, facing a floral column. The field is decorated with dot-rosettes, crosses, pendent spirals, and chevrons. Above the main frieze is another black line, and above that on the shoulder is a band of lotus flowers backed by palmettes (compare to Friis Johansen, 119, fig, 77). On the top of the rim is a band of spirals, around which is a tongue pattern. The handle is decorated with a guilloche pattern.
Benson(List 12, no. 4) attributes this vase to the Sacrifice Painter, while Dunbabin and Robertson (179) think it belongs to the Macmillan Painter.
Amyx (626) notes that this vase and
Material Description
The clay is pale gray.
Notes
Amyx (626) notes that this vase and
- Collection:
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Perkins Collection
Citations and Bibliography
Les Vases Sicyoniens (Rome, 1966): 98, no. 48, pl. XXX, 2a-dBSA 48 (1953): 179
