Kalathos (beaker); Scene: dancing men
Kalathos (beaker); Scene: dancing men
Place of OriginGreece, from Attic
Dateabout 540 BCE
DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam (lip): 4 3/32 in. (10.4 cm); Diam (foot): 2 21/32 in. (6.7 cm)
MediumWheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1967.134
Not on View
Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "Greek Vases," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 33.
"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums," Art Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, 1968, p. 205.
Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 12, no. 4, 1969, p. 90.
Sparkes, Brian and Lucy Talcott, The Athenian Agora, vol. XII, Princeton, 1970, p. 80.
Luckner, Kurt T., "Greek Vases: Shapes and Uses," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 15, no.3, 1972, p. 79.
Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus vasorum antiquorum: Toledo Museum of Art, U.S.A. Fasc. 17, Toledo, 1976, p. 23, repr. pl. 33, profile drawing fig.6.
Oakley, John H., Attic Red-Figure Beakers: Special Vases for the Thracian Market, Offprint from Antike Kunst, v. 52, 2009, p. 67, 74, pl. 9,2.
Smith, Tyler Jo, Komast Dancers in Archaic Greek Art, New York, Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 92, 107, pl. 23B, p. 330.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, In Motion: Dance and Performance in Art, September 18, 2015- January 3, 2016.
Manner of the Kleophrades Painter
about 490 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510 BCE
A painter related to the Columbus Painter and the Luxur Group
about 600 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
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