Epilykos class

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Head vessel Paris, Louvre CA 987

As Epilykos class is the class B of the Attic - rotfigurigen head vessels referred to v to 520-510. BC originated. It got its name from the favorite inscription "ΕΠΙΛΥΚΟΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ" ( Epilykos kalos ), which can be found on one of these vases.

Head vessel Paris, Louvre CA 986

Previously known pieces:

  1. Paris , Louvre CA 986 : Two Headed, women's heads, the inscription on the top of the mouth Epilykos kalos , the Skythes attributed
  2. Paris, Louvre CA 987 : double headed, woman's head and negro head
  3. Boston , Museum of Fine Arts 98.888 : Double Headed, Negro Heads
  4. London , British Museum 1836.2-24.359: Negro head
  5. Athens , National Museum 2050: Negro head
  6. Malibu , J. Paul Getty Museum 83.AE.229 : Negro head

literature

  • John D. Beazley : Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. 2nd edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1963, p. 1530.

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