Greek
An Attic red-figure kylix, attributed to the Pithos Painter, circa 525 - 475 BC
Pottery
Width including handles: 24 cm
The tondo depicts a youth in a Scythian cap, reclining on his left side, with his right leg bent with the knee pointing upwards, with a rhyton (drinking horn) in...
The tondo depicts a youth in a Scythian cap, reclining on his left side, with his right leg bent with the knee pointing upwards, with a rhyton (drinking horn) in front of him, a basket(?) suspended.
Provenance
With Spink, London, before 1963Private collection, London
Literature
Named for his depictions of pithoi, the Pithos Painter is known for his abstract style of painting. For a similar scene of a reclining Scythian at a symposium also by the Pithos Painter, see J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases, the Archaic Period, London, 1975, fig. 128.For further discussion see Giudice, F. and Panvini, R. (eds.), Il greco, il barbaro e la ceramica attica, Immaginario del diverso, processi di scambio e autorappresentazione degli indegni, Volume Quarto, Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi 14-19 maggio 2001, Rome, 2007): 145, fig .2 (I); Dickmann, J.-A. and Heinemann, A., Vom Trinken und Bechern: Das antike Gelage im Umbruch, Freiburg, 2015: 20, fig.3 (I). Lissarrague, F., L'Autre Guerrier, Archers, Peltastes, Cavaliers dans l'Imagerie Attique, Paris- Rome, 1990: 145, fig.84 (drawing of i)
Publications
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 140, no. 41Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 201198.