| Collection: | University Museums, University of Mississippi |
| Summary: | A boy and a dog. |
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure, Six's Technique |
| Context: | From Greece |
| Date: | ca 450 BC - ca. 400 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.066 m.; D 0.045 m. |
| Shape: | Miniature chous |
| Beazley Number: | 13435 |
| Region: | Greece |
| Period: | Classical |
Condition:
The paint is worn.
Decoration Description:
The vase is painted black, with the decoration in opaque white paint and the hair and inner details of the drawing in gilt. A child is shown crawling on his hands and knees to a little dog, on the right.
This type of vase was a present to a child for the Festival of the Anthesteria; they were also buried with children who had not lived long enough to attend the festival, in the same way that unmarried girls were buried with bridal vases.
Collection History:
Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson, 1959. Formerly in the D.M. Robinson collection, Harvard inv. no. 225.
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