Red-Figure Stamnos (Mixing/Storage Vessel): Komos (Musicians and Revelers)
attributed to Kleophon Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 440–410 BCE)
c. 435–425 BCE
- Medium
- Ceramic
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- height: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); width with handles: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Four lively figures move to the right across the front side of this stamnos, a vase used for storing and mixing wine. First comes a finely dressed woman playing the pipes, followed by three male figures, all nearly nude. The bearded one holds a drinking cup and reaches back, perhaps dancing, while the last in line concentrates on the music of his lyre.
