Head vessel

Jug in the shape of a richly decorated woman's head. Signed by the potter Charinos. Around 490 BC Found in Vulci . Berlin, Antikensammlung F 2190

Head vessels are a special form of figure vessels in the shape of a human head, which have been used since the 7th century BC. Originated in ancient Greece.

Kalos inscription on a possibly from Skythes painted head vessel of Epilykos class v to 520/10. Chr.

Head vessels are special products of pottery art. Especially in Attic ceramics , from around 500 BC Chr. Vessels of outstanding quality created. The vessels can be Rhyta , Aryballoi , Askoi or other vase shapes. It is not uncommon for ethnological peculiarities to be shown, for example depictions of negro heads were widespread. Often double-headed vessels were created in the manner of double herms. The potter Charinos was particularly known for his head vessels . The vessels are often artistically painted.

Attic head vessels

The Attic - rotfigurigen head vessels by John Beazley in several classes divided:

Class A: head kantharoi
Abis Class: Class of Boston 00,332
Class B: Epilykos class
Class Bbis: Class of Louvre H 62
Class Bter: Kytinos class
Class C: Charinos class
Class D: Deer class
Class E: Oxford Class
Ebis class: potter Proklees
Class G: London class
Class H: Princeton class
Class J: Marseille class
Class K: Toronto class
Class L: Providence class
Class M: Vatican class
Class N: Cook Class
Class O: Sabouroff class
Class P: Chairete class
Class Q: Vienna class
Class R: Manchester class
Class S: Canessa class
Class Sbis: Class of Naples Stg. 64
Class T: Basel class
Class V: Spetia class
Class W: Persian class
Class X

literature

Ingeborg Scheibler : Figure vessels. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , column 517 f.

Attic

John D. Beazley: Attic Red-figure Vase-painters . 2nd edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1963, pp. 1529-1552.
John D. Beazley: Paralipomena . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1971, pp. 501-505.