Baltimore, Hopkins AIA B12
Kylix in the Manner of the Pistoxenus Painter
ca. 460 B.C.
B 12. Baltimore Society AIA, formerly Hartwig Collection. Max
dimension, 24 cm; diam tondo, 14.3 cm. Mended from a number of pieces, with
large sections and stem missing.
Interior
Bearded satyr dances in left profile, weight on left leg, with right
leg raised. Right arm extended. Left hand holds a panther skin behind back; feet
of skin brought forward over shoulder. Drinking horn in field before left foot.
Tondo is bordered by leftward meander between reserved bands.
Side A
Maenad dressed in chiton with overfold and sakkos reclines to her
left against a rock, with legs drawn up and thyrsos resting against left
shoulder. She looks to her left at an approaching bearded satyr, shown in left
profile with arms outstretched. Drinking horn in field between figures. Behind
maenad is another bearded satyr standing frontally with right knee bent, left
leg extended out behind him. Right hand grasps phallus, left arm extended toward
maenad. Drinking horn in field behind him. Relief contour. Dilute glaze for
hair, beard, some drapery folds.
Side B
Left leg of satyr running toward maenad, of whom only the lower part
draped in chiton survives. To her left is hand or tail or another satyr. Dilute
glaze for chiton. Ivy leaf under handles.
Beazley determined that fragments in Florence belong to side B, which
also depicts a Dionysiac scene
1 in which a maenad is turning toward a satyr approaching from her right;
behind her is another satyr who runs away.
The Pistoxenus Painter is accredited with over thirty vases, most of
which are cups.
2 His best work is in white ground, of which only a handful of examples
are known. Both Pistoxenus and Euphronios are known to have supplied pots for
him.
This vase was acquired in a restored state that incorporated the
fragment by Oltos (no. 101).
Bibliography
D. M. Robinson, AJA 21 (1917):160-68;
Beazley 1933a, no. 42, pl. 16;
CVA, USA fasc. 6, Robinson fasc. 2, 20, pl.
XXI.1;
ARV2, 865, no.
2.
