Vase Catalog Number: Mississippi 1977.3.102

Decoration:

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) hOPAIS KAL [OS] ("The boy is beautiful").

Inscriptions:

In the field in front of the swan's beak is the partial inscription hOPAIS KAL [OS] ("The boy is beautiful").

Collection History:

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.

Condition:

Broken and mended, many restorations.

Sources Used:

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

Other Bibliography:

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)

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