VesselsGreek5th century BCE
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Lyre Player in Female Dress
c. 475 BCE
Artists
The Pig PainterArtist
Description
A single heavily-bearded man facing right playing the lyre with a plectrum. He wears a long chiton with a mantle draped over his shoulder and a headdress with a wreath. His clothing style belongs to a category of similarly dressed men called “Anakreontic Dancers,” after the poet Anakreon who describes men dressing in this manner.
Dimensions
39.37 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Robinson Collection. Robinson Collection.
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