Baltimore, Hopkins AIA B4 (Vase)

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Collection:	Johns Hopkins University Museum, Baltimore
Summary:	Tondo: youth carrying money bag before a group of pots.
Ware:	Attic Red Figure
Painter:	Signed by Phintias
Date:	ca. 520 BC - ca. 510 BC
Dimensions:	H. 0.07 m., D. rim 0.185 m., D. base 0.074 m.
Primary Citation:	ARV2, 24, no. 14.
Shape:	Kylix
Period:	Late Archaic

Decoration Description:

Tondo bordered by narrow reserved band. A youth stands in right profile, a mantle thrown over his left shoulder, exposing only right shoulder and breast. He wears a vine wreath in his hair. He leans forward with a money bag in his left hand, leaning against a staff. He stretches his right hand out towards a group of pots, including a large skyphos, an amphora set on a stand, and a kylix in the neck of the amphora. Behind him is a stool, from which he has just risen. Inscribed in field: *F*I*N*T*I*A*S *E*G*R*A*F*S*E*N *X*A*I*R*I*A*S *K*A*L*O*S. Relief contour throughout, except at hairline. Dilute glaze used for inner markings and for beard growth on cheeks. Added red used for wreath, cord on money bag, lettering. Incised hairline.

Inscriptions:

*F*I*N*T*I*A*S *E*G*R*A*F*S*E*N *X*A*I*R*I*A*S *K*A*L*O*S

Essay:

RW No. 102

Sources Used:

Williams 1984, 139, no. 102