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Vase Catalog Number: Berlin F 3044

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Collection:Berlin, Antikenmuseen
Summary:Phlyax scenes. Side A: three male figures (Gynmilos, Kosios, and Karion) robbing a miser (Charinos) inside his house, with two female masks above; Side B: Dionysos and a satyr
Ware:Paestan Red Figure Shape:Calyx krater
Painter:Signed by Asteas Potter:
Context:From S. Agata dei Goti Region:
Date:ca. 350 B.C. - 340 B.C. Period:Late Classical
Dimensions:H. 0.37 m; Diam. (max.) 0.36 m
Primary Citation:Trendall 1987, 2.125, pl. 44

Inscriptions: Asteas' signature appears in white letters above the figural scene, below an ivy tendril: ASSTEAS EGRAPHS[EN]

The figures on side A are labelled (from left to right): GUMNILOS, XARINOS, KÔSIOS, KARION

Other Bibliography: Trendall & Cambitoglou 1982, no. 2/125, pl. 44; FR pl. 150; Trendall & Webster 1971, no. IV, 14.

(Maria Daniels, Amy C. Smith)

Keywords:

actor, column, costume, door, ivy, mask, miser, phallos, servant, stealing, strong-box, theatrical, wreath

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Archive NumberCaption
1993.01.0687Asteas' calyx krater: Drawing of side A, showing a phlyax play (three male figures, Gynmilos, Kosios, and Karion, robbing a miser, Charinos, inside his house
1993.01.0688Asteas' calyx krater: Drawing of side A (detail), showing a phlyax play (three male figures, Gynmilos, Kosios, and Karion, robbing a miser, Charinos, inside his house
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