Tondo: satyr seated on wineskin, holding a rhyton

Tondo: satyr seated on wineskin, holding a rhyton

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Summary: Interior: satyr with rhyton seated on wineskin.
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Painter: Attributed to Epiktetos
Context: From Italy
Date: ca. 530 BC - ca. 500 BC
Dimensions:

H. 0.076 m., D. 0.187 m.
Primary Citation: ARV2, 75, 64.
Shape: Kylix
Beazley Number: 200591
Region: Italy
Period: Archaic

Decoration Description:

Tondo: a Silen seated astride a wine-skin with a rhyton. His bald head is wreathed with ivy, and long locks of hair fall to his shoulders. He holds a horn rhyton in his left hand, and looks down at his right hand which is held in front of him. In the field, [epig-rough]*I*P*P*A*R*X*O*S *K*A*L*O*S ("Hipparchos is beautiful"); on the wine-skin, [epig-rough]*I*P*P*A*O*X*O, probably the same name.

Inscriptions:

[epig-rough]*I*P*P*A*R*X*O*S*K*A*L*O*S ("Hipparchos is beautiful"). On the skin, [epig-rough]*I*P*P*A*O*X*O ("Hippaocho").

Essay:

C & B No. 5

Collection History:

Formerly in the Branteghem collection.

Sources Used:

Caskey & Beazley, 2, 25-6