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ID:

aa_5094

Type:

Vase

Date:

ca. -500 — ca. -490

Period:

Late Archaic

Painter:

Attributed to Apollodoros

Condition:

Broken and mended, many restorations.

Dimensions:

D. 0.188 m.

Ware:

Attic Red Figure

Shape:

Kylix

Decoration Description

Int.: The tondo is encircled by a narrow reserved band. Hyakinthos is shown seated on the swan. They are in profile to the left, riding upon waves indicated by reserved area. Marine animals are indicated in black paint on the waves: a crab, cuttlefish, and two other fish. The boy is slender and nude except for a mantle around his shoulders. He guides the swan with reins, painted purple. In the field in front of the swan's beak is the partial inscription (in purple paint) *O*P*A*I*S *K*A*L [*O*S] ("The boy is beautiful").

Graffiti

In the field in front of the swan's beak is the partial inscription *O*P*A*I*S *K*A*L [*O*S] ("The boy is beautiful").

Collection:

University Museums, University of Mississippi

Formerly in the collection of Graf Beroldingen, at Frankfurt. Purchased in Basle Vente Publique, Monnaies Grecques No. 4, October 1, 1935, p. 70, no. 1185, and frontispiece. Then in the D.M. Robinson collection, Harvard inv. 210. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Peddle, Jr. 1960.

Citations and Bibliography

ARV2, 121 no. 25; Beazley Addenda 2, 175

H. Sichtermann "Hyakinthos" JdI 71 (1956) 100, fig. 3; CVA, Robinson Collection 2, USA 6, 13, pl. 4.

Beazley 1925, 52-53; Beazley 1933a, 34; Schefold 1978, fig. 472; J. Beazley "Notes on the Vases in Castle Ashby" BSR XI (1929) 19, no. 27 (Apollodoros' signatures)