Louvre E 670 (Vase)
Interior: two hunters pursuing a boar.
- ID:
- aa_5213
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -555
- Period:
- Archaic
- Context:
- From Italy
- Region:
- Italy
- Painter:
- Name vase of the Hunt Painter
- Dimensions:
- H. 0.12 m, Diam. 0.195 m
- Ware:
- Laconian Black Figure
- Shape:
- Cup
Decoration Description
The exterior is undecorated.
On the interior, a boar hunt is depicted, with two hunters holding their spears high and running to the right after a running boar. Only the hindquarters and tail of the boar are visible, as it presumably moves to attack further hunters in front of it. The curled tail testifies to the kind of quarry being pictured, but the animal's hoofs resemble those of a cow or horse much more than those of a pig. The boar is wounded, and blood flows from its side. The two hunters wear short chitons and have beards and long curly locks. The rear hunter wears an animal skin over his chiton. Three birds are flying between the legs of the hunters, and beneath the ground line are three large fish.
- Collection:
- Paris, Muse du Louvre
