Pelike (storage jar)

Unknown (Greek)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
500 BCE
Height:
34.9 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
terracotta

Additional titles

Komasts (revelers)

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1889.12]

Description

On one side, a satyr plays a barbiton for a dancing maenad and satyr. The instrument has five strings and a yoke fixed above and yet between the arms. The player holds a plectrum. On the other side, a satyr plays on an aulos for two dancing satyrs.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]
Barbiton [3487]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 2 (4vp18). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

2048