Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl); obverse, phlyax (comic actor)

Konnakis Painter (active ca. 375-350 BCE) (workshop of)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
ca. 350-325 BCE
Height:
31.8 cm  (12 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
terracotta with pigments
School:
Apulian Style

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 51.11.2]

Description

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art website: Phlyax vases are characterized by the representation of a rustic comic figure wearing a short garment padded in front and behind, a large phallos, and tights. Phlyax plays parodied tragic drama or the Greek gods and heroes, or they focused on ridiculous aspects of daily life. The emphasis on color in Gnathian vases heightens the jollity of the actor here, who wears the mask of a slave and brandishes a torch.

Iconclass

48C8312
portrait of actor

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

4038