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.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Red-figure

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period

Century

5th century BCE