Symposium

Naples Painter


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
450-425 BCE
Height:
40.2 cm  (15 13/16 in.)
Width:
35.9 cm  (14 1/8 in.)
Place of creation:
Athínai (Ellás)
School:
Attic

Additional titles

Attic red figure column krater

    Item location

  • Chau Chak Wing Museum (University of Sydney)
    Nicholson Collection[Museum inv. no.: NM46.42]

Description

From museum web page: Symposium scene, with youths and women. Four diners reclining on two couches beside which are tables and a foot stool. Standing woman (hetaira) and youth in centre holding a kylix after making his throw at kottabos; balding diner sings to the accompaniment of his lyre [barbitos].

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Barbiton [3487] (Six strings, six pegs, tortoiseshell soundbox, performer has three fingers between strings, the digital finger may be stopping a string.)

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

1189