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201948, ATHENIAN, Hannover, Kestner Museum, 1961.23

  • Vase Number: 201948
  • Fabric: ATHENIAN
  • Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
  • Shape Name: AMPHORA, NECK
  • Date: -550 TO -500
  • Inscriptions: NIKOSTHENES
    Signature: NIKOSTHENESEPOIESEN
  • 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)
  • AVI Web: HTTPS://WWW.AVI.UNIBAS.CH/DB/SEARCHFORM.HTML?ID=4095
  • AVI Record Number: 3885
  • CAVI Collection: HANNOVER, KESTNER MUSEUM 1961.23.
  • CAVI Lemma: BF NIKOSTHENIC NECK AMPHORA. PAINTER N. NIKOSTHENES, POTTER. 530-520.
  • 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)
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Last updated 06/02/2025 04:09:00. Approved by Mannack, Thomas. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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