Pistias class

As Pistias class (English Pistias class ) is a class Attic - black-figure v vases of the early 5th century. Chr. Designated. The class is named after the inscription ΠΙΣΤΙΑΣ on a vase in Copenhagen.

The vases are lipless skyphoi , the body of which is in the shape of a masto , but with a foot and bowl handles . The quality of the painting is rated slightly higher than that of many simultaneous and comparable groups and classes, such as the Leafless group and the Haimon group . Relationships exist with the CHC Group .

literature

• John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1956, pp. 627-628.
• John D. Beazley: Paralipomena . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1971, p. 309.
• John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 164.

Web links

• Pistisas-class skyphos in New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery 1988.80.34
• Pistisas-class skyphos in St. Petersburg, Hermitage ГР-1928