Berlin 31094 (Vase)
Side A: Herakles carrying PalaimonSide B: three youths
- ID:
- aa_5575
- Beazley Number:
- 218149
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -350
- Period:
- Late Classical
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Pourtals Painter
- Condition:
The vase is in excellent condition. The added white is still mostly intact. There is some slight discoloration of the surface.
- Ware:
- Attic Red Figure
- Shape:
- Bell krater
Decoration Description
Side A: Herakles carrying Palaimon. Hermes guides Herakles to the right. Hermes turns to look back at Herakles and beckons him to follow. He wears a chlamys and petasos and carries a traveler's staff. The young, unbearded Herakles, who carries Palaimon on his back, wears his lion skin. Palaimon, who is white-haired and white-bearded, carries a cornucopia. He wears a mantle which has fallen down around his waist. On the far right, a naked youth stands watching the men approach, one hand raised to his head. A panther skin is flung over his left shoulder, and he wears a jeweled fillet or diadem. A woman is seated on a rock or hillock on the far left, her head turned toward the central group. She holds a tall staff, and is dressed in chiton and jeweled headscarf. Fish, painted white, swim around the feet and legs of the figures.
Side B: three youths. Two youths face a third youth standing on the right. The youth on the right is wrapped closely in his mantle and wears a white fillet over his hair. The youth directly in front of him holds out a sponge (?). The youth behind him holds out a strigil. Both wear their mantles in the normal manner, leaving one shoulder free.
- Collection:
- Berlin, Antikenmuseen
