Stamnos (Mixing Jar)
Syriskos
480-470 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
38.1 × 45.8 × 14.1 cm (15 × 18 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
vessel
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72127
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
On the front of this vase are three women. The woman in the centre is spinning. She wears a simple earring (as do the other women) and a decorated peplos under her himation; there is a band round her head, as her long hair flows over her shoulders. Partly behind her and to the left is a chair (klismos). On the right is a heron facing to the right. A woman on the right holds out a small seed for the hero,n which lifts its head slightly. On the left, a woman holds out a mirror in her left hand and...