Side B: head of man on left

Detail: right handle

Detail: left handle

Side A: decoration on left

Side B: scene at center

Side A neck: palmette decoration 1

Collection: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Summary: Homosexual courtship; side A: A youth with cocks and a man with a leashed dog; side B: A youth with two cocks and a man with a stag.
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Painter of Louvre F 51
Attributed By: J.D. Beazley
Date: ca. 550 BC - ca. 540 BC
Dimensions:

H. 0.281 m., D. 0.222 m.
Primary Citation: ABV, 314, 6; Beazley Addenda 2, 85, 314.6
Shape: Amphora
Beazley Number: 301624
Period: Archaic

Decoration Description:

Side A: Two nude men, confronted. The beardless youth on the left wears his hair long with a long forelock and holds two cocks in his hands. The bearded man on the right approaches, offerings a leashed dog. What is being shown is the presentation of love gifts by the erastes or older lover to the eromenos or youthful beloved. This is called by Beazley, Beta, the second stage of courtship as shown in Attic vase-painting.

Side B: Similar scene. The bearded man on the left strides forward and offers the youth a stag while he reaches up to caress the youth's forehead. The beardless youth wears his hair long with two long forelocks in front of his ears and stands on the right holding two cocks.

On the neck is an intertwining palmette lotus. Under the handles is a bold design of spirals with accessory palmettes and lotus buds. Below the designs is a band of lotus buds and rays at the junction of the foot. Accessories are in red; and incised lines are used sparingly for anatomical details.

Collection History:

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke, 1913 (C1813).

Sources Used:

CVA, USA 2, RISD 1, p.19, Pl.9: 1 a-c.

Other Bibliography:

AJA XXVIII (1924) p.73; M. A. Banks, "Greek vases in the RISD Museum," RISD Bulletin XVI (1928) p.43, fig 6, and p.49; Shapiro, AJA 85 (1981) Pl.24: figs. 2-3: A, B; Allentown Art Museum, Aspects of Ancient Greece, G. F. Pinney and B. S. Ridgway, eds. (Allentown Art Museum, an Exhibition, Sept. 16-Dec. 30, 1979), pp. 34-35, no.14a.