| Collection: | Tampa Museum of Art |
| Summary: | Side A: two racing chariots |
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Group of Louvre F 314 |
| Date: | ca. 520 BC - ca. 500 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.24 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Stamnos |
| Beazley Number: | 306630 |
| Period: | Late Archaic |
Decoration Description:
Side A: two racing four-horse chariots or quadrigas. At left, charioteers in a chariot are looking at each other, with the lead charioteer looking back. Both hold reins and a goad. They wear long white chitons and have red hair. The charioteer at left has his body bisected by the handle. The horses are at full gallop, with their forelegs raised in the air. Below the lead horses runs a dog, also with forepaws in the air. The lead chariot is met at right by two eagles. Another eagle flies above the lead team, and a fourth is at the left. Eagles are seen also above and under the handle. The trace horses have red dots on their chest straps. Five of the eight horses have red manes. One of the pole horses in lead team is white. Shoulder: symposium scene with reclining man and woman. The man has a red beard and wears a red-spotted himation. There are white stripes on his mattress. The woman, with white skin, wears a sakkos, tunic, and himation with red dots and white rosettes. Two cloths hang in the field above.
Side B: Two groups, each composed of a standing man holding a staff and a seated woman. The men have red beards and ivy wreaths. They gesture towards the women with their left hands. The women have white skin and wear red fillets. All four wear himations decorated with red spots and white rosettes. The women also wear peploi and sit on stools. The women look down and hold up their cloaks in their right hands. The man at right leans over farther and reaches out farther than the one at left. Grape vines branch out from the hands and bodies of the women. Shoulder: symposium scene with woman reclining between two reclining men. The men wear wreaths and himations with red spots and white rosettes. The man at right looks right and gestures with his right hand. The woman has white skin and a red fillet. She wears a tunic and a cloak like the men. In the field above hang three fillets and a wreath.
There is a red fillet below the neck and simple black tongues around the upper shoulder. Over each handle are five linked palmettes. There are dot bands below the scene above a tall zone of rays.
Graffiti:
Large
Collection History:
Tampa Museum of Art, Joseph Veach Noble Collection.
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