Vase Catalog Number: Toledo 1963.26

Inscriptions:

The names of the characters in the gaming scene are inscribed. Written notation of which player is which hero is not common (CVA, USA 17, Toledo 1, p. 11). Even more unusual is the red color of all the inscriptions. Normally, in black-figure, inscriptions are in black glaze; red was generally employed for writing on the black backgrounds of red-figured vases (B. Cohen 1978, pp. 211-212, 407-409). Its red inscriptions alone mark the Toledo calyx-krater as a black-figured vase from the red-figure period.

Collection History: Ex collection S. Schweizer.

Condition: Black glaze misfired to red and green in places.

Sources Used: Moon 1979, 108-109, no. 62

Other Bibliography: Brommer 1973, 254, no. 61; Münzen, vol.26 (October 5, 1963), 55-56, no. 109; Caskey & Beazley, iii, p. 3 and no. 1; Riefstahl 1968, 35; Luckner 1972, p. 71; Brommer 1973, 336, no. 47; Boardman 1974, fig. 227; Münzen, vol. 51 (March 14-15, 1975), 52, no. 131; CVA, USA 17, Toledo 1, pp. 11-13, pls. 17-19; B. Cohen 1978, 402, no. 9; Schefold 1978, 249

Essay: Moon No. 62

(Beth Cohen)