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Vase Catalog Number: Baltimore, Hopkins AIA B4

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Collection:Johns Hopkins University Museum, Baltimore
Summary:Tondo: youth carrying money bag before a group of pots.
Ware:Attic Red Figure Shape:Kylix
Painter:Signed by Phintias Potter:
Context: Region:
Date:ca. 520 B.C. - 510 B.C. Period:Late Archaic
Dimensions:

H. 0.07 m., D. rim 0.185 m., D. base 0.074 m.

Primary Citation:ARV2, 24, no. 14.

Decoration:

Tondo bordered by narrow reserved band. A youth stands in right profile, a mantle thrown over his left shoulder, exposing only right shoulder and breast. He wears a vine wreath in his hair. He leans forward with a money bag in his left hand, leaning against a staff. He stretches his right hand out towards a group of pots, including a large skyphos, an amphora set on a stand, and a kylix in the neck of the amphora. Behind him is a stool, from which he has just risen. Inscribed in field: PHINTIAS EGRAPHSEN CHAIRIAS KALOS. Relief contour throughout, except at hairline. Dilute glaze used for inner markings and for beard growth on cheeks. Added red used for wreath, cord on money bag, lettering. Incised hairline.

Inscriptions:

PHINTIAS EGRAPHSEN CHAIRIAS KALOS

Sources Used:

Williams 1984, 139, no. 102

Essay: RW No. 102

(Beth McIntosh, Pamela Russell)

Keywords:

amphora, bag, buying, Chairias, chlamys, kylix, leaning, mantle, money bag, pot, skyphos, staff, stand, stool, vine, wreath, youth

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13 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.06.0092Overview of exteriorPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0094Overview of interiorPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0243ProfilePhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0244ProfilePhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0093Detail of handlePhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0095Youth carrying money bag before a group of potsPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0102Youth carrying money bag, and inscriptionPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0101Youth carrying money bag, money bag in left hand, right arm, staffPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0100Youth carrying money bag, torsoPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0098Youth carrying money bag, armsPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0097Youth carrying money bag, headPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0096Youth carrying money bag, from the waist upPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
1990.06.0099Skyphos, amphora, and kylixPhotograph by Aaron Levin, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
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