Aulos player, agonistic context

Berlin Painter (5th century BCE)

Item type:

vessel

Date of creation:

ca. 490-480 BCE

Technique / Medium:

red figure painting

Place of creation:

Attica (Ellás)

School:

Attic

Description

Description from Ulieriu-Rostás (see References): "An early fragmentary neck-amphora [that] features a crowned, beardless aulos player wearing the phorbeia and an ankle-length chiton, paired with a bearded listener on the other side of the vase. The instrument is visually defined by the combination of a long, plain tube (crossed by a narrow rim-like band at its lower end), and four increasingly shorter segments leading to the blowing end of the instrument; three of them follow a moderately bulbous outline, while the fourth has a distinct flare towards the joining with the phorbeia."

Ulieriu-Rostás lists the vase's date of creation as ca. 490-480 BCE, though the Beazley Archive Database lists a broader possible range (525-475 BCE).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]

Bibliographic references

Ulieriu-Rostás, Theodor E. "Music and socio-cultural identity in Attic vase painting: Prolegomena to future research (Pt 1)", Music in art 38/1-2 (2013) 9-26. RILM 2013-8535.

Notes

There is no image available through the Louvre's online catalog nor on the Beazley Archive Database (though an item entry in the BA Database may be found by searching for vase number 201840). Beazley catalog information:
ARV2 199.32, BA 201840

RIdIM record id

3526