Attributed To: N P by BEAZLEY NIKOSTHENES by SIGNATURE
Decoration: Handle plaque: TRIPOD Neck A and B: EYE Rim: DOLPHINS Shoulder A: SYMPOSIUM, YOUTH WITH DRINKING HORN, HARP SUSPENDED Shoulder B: PALMETTES
Last Recorded Collection: Hannover, Kestner Museum: 1961.23
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963): 122.7, 1627 Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971): 106.58BIS Bundrick, S.D., Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery (Madison, 2019): 28, FIG.2.4 (A) Burn, L. and Glynn, R., Beazley Addenda (Oxford, 1982): 87 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 175 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: HANNOVER, KESTNER-MUSEUM 1, 27-28, PL.(1649) 17.1-5 View Whole CVA Plates Steinhart, M., Das Motiv des Auges in der griechischen Bildkunst (Mainz, 1995): PL.29.2 (A) Yatromanolakis, D. (ed.), Epigraphy of Art II, Inscriptions and Representations on Athenian Vases (Athens, 2024): 124, FIG.15 (SHA)
CAVI Subject: UNIQUE DECORATION: MOUTH: DOLPHINS. NECK: A: EYE. B: SIMILAR. SHOULDER: THREE
PATCHES: 1. (ON A): A NAKED YOUTH RECLINING ON THE GROUND AND HOLDING A HORN.
2-3. (ON B: TO RIGHT AND LEFT OF HANDLES): A HORIZONTAL PALMETTE. BODY: BLACK
EXCEPT FOR BASE RAYS. HANDLES: A: TRIPOD. B: MAEANDER WITH LOTUS BUDS.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: SHOULDER PANEL: TO LEFT OF THE YOUTH, CURVING DOWNWARD ALONG THE MARGIN
AND UPWARD ALONG THE YOUTH'S OUTSTRETCHED LEFT LEG: Nικοσθενε^ς εποιεσεν{1}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} THE YOUTH'S LEFT FOOT INTERVENES.
CAVI Comments: TYPICAL LETTERING OF PAINTER N; NOTE THE NU'S.
CAVI Number: 3885
AVI Bibliography: BADB 201,948. — M&M-AUCTION (1961), PL. 43/141. — ARV[2] (1963), 122 N. 1/7,
1627. — PARA. (1971), 106/58 BIS (MAIN ENTRY). — ADD.[2] (1989), 175 (AD 122/7).
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
