Athenian red-figure kantharos: Odysseus and Nausikaa

Classification

red-figure pottery ; kantharos

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 25.4 cm

Date

440–430 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Artist

Marlay Painter, in the manner of

Iconography

Odysseus ; ribbon ; female figure ; chiton ; apoptygma ; winged sphinx ; Oedipus ; chlamys ; petasos ; sword ; spear ; boots ; mantle ; Medusa-head ; Nausikaa

Inscription

Greek (language)

Production place

Athens

Findspot

Nola

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1867,0508.1132

ID

Per-6784

References

Walters, CVA Great Britain 5, III.I.c. 6, no. E 156, pls. 34.1a–c

See more on the website of the British Museum and the Beazley Archive.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; The Odyssee

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