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Vase Catalog Number: London B 421

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Collection:	London, British Museum
Summary:	Int.: Hunter carrying a fox and hare, accompanied by dog.
Ware:	Attic Black Figure	Shape:	Lip cup
Painter:	Attributed to the the Tleson Painter	Potter:	Signed by Tleson
Context:	From Vulci	Region:	Etruria
Date:	ca. 550 B.C. - 540 B.C.	Period:	Archaic
Dimensions:	H. 0.133 m., D. 0.201 m.
Primary Citation:	ABV, 181, 1

Decoration:

Ext. Side A: No exterior decoration except palmettes at handles and the horizontal inscription TLÊSÔN O NEARCHOU EPOIÊSEN ("Tleson son of Nearchos made [this]").

Int.: The hunter is shown running to the right. Over his left shoulder he carries a lagobolon, or yokelike stick, on which are hung a red fox and a black hare. He has red hair and a red beard, and is dressed in a short chiton with a checked pattern of crosses and rosettes. A white dog runs beside him, on his right side (closest to the viewer).

Bérard notes that the representation of hares often has erotic connotations, for they were given as love gifts (Bérard 1989, 75). In this case, however, the scene is simply the return from a successful hunt.

Inscriptions:

TLÊSÔN O NEARCHOU EPOIÊSEN ("Tleson son of Nearchos made [this]").

Parallels:

London B 52; Bristol H 803

Collection History:

ex. Blacas Coll.

Sources Used:

von Bothmer 1985, 139; Bérard 1989, 75, 76; CVA, Great Britain, British Museum 1926, 4.

Other Bibliography:

Hoppin 1919, 387; Boardman 1974, 60.

(Anne Leinster)

Keywords:
carrying, chiton, dog, fox, hare, hunt, hunter, running, stick

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Archive Number Caption

1990.14.0111 Tondo: hunter and dog Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London

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