Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)

Dolon Painter

ca. 400–390 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, scene from a phlyax play. Reverse, three youths The representation shows a stage structure at the far right and the characters of a phlyax play, a type of farce favored in Southern Italy. A recent interpretation characterizes the two male figures in the center as accomplices about to steal the hag's goose and kid or to defy her threats to turn them in. Written in Attic Greek, the inscriptions indicate that the farce originated in mainland Greece but do not explain the story. Formerly attributed to the Tarporley Painter, a major Apulian master, the vase is now recognized as Lucanian under Apulian influence.

Artist

Dolon Painter

Date

ca. 400–390 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Lucanian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1924