Close-up view of the left side, from below

Detail of side A, left: a nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right...

View of side A

Detail of side B, left: under the handle crouches a nude, bearded man, pro...

Close-up view of the right side, from below

View of side A, from the right

Collection: Paris, Musée du Louvre
Summary: Men, youths, and girls, some holding animals
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Amasis Painter
Context: Excavated at Kamiros
Date: ca. 550 BC - ca. 540 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.115 m; Diam. (lip) 0.18 m; Diam. (incl. handles) 0.245 m
Primary Citation: ABV, 156.80;Para, 65, 90; Beazley Addenda 2, 46
Shape: Cup-skyphos
Beazley Number: 310509
Period: High Archaic

Decoration Description: A continuous scene, starting from side A, far left: A nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right, holds a stag; he faces a nude youth, who wears a taenia on his head, and holds a spear in his right hand. Another nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right, holding a cock, faces a nude girl (?), who wears a taenia on her head and holds a flower in her upraised right hand and a wreath in her left hand, at waist level. Another nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right, holding a crane in his upraised left hand, faces a nude youth, who wears a taenia on his head and holds an aryballos and a spear in his right hand. Under the handle is crouched a nude, bearded man, profile to the right, who wears a taenia on his head and holds a small panther in his hands. A nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right, holding a cock in both hands, faces a nude youth, who wears a taenia on his head and holds an aryballos and a spear in his right hand. Another nude, bearded man, stands profile to the right, seemingly talking to a nude girl (?), whose hair is arranged in a krobylos, and who holds a flower in her upraised right hand and a wreath in her left hand, at waist level. Another nude, bearded man, standing profile to the right, holding a hare in his upraised left hand, faces a nude youth, who wears a taenia on his head and holds a spear in his right hand. Under the handle is seated a nude, bearded man, profile to the left, on a stool, who holds a cock in his lap.

Collection History: Originally obtained (in 1860) through the Salzmann Excavations. Ex Coll. Parent; acquired by the Louvre in 1879.

Sources Used: CVA, Louvre 9, III.He, pl. 92.1-9