Pelike (jar) with a pyrrhic dancer and flutist
Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 500 B.C.
Dimensions:
h. 33.4 cm, max. diam. 25.9 cm, diam. of rim 15.2 cm, diam. of foot 17.5 cm
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.157
Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, London, April 11, 1960, lot 156, to Spink & Son, London; sold, Sotheby's, London, February 8-9, 1985, lot 66 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Label Text
Sides A and B: Pyrrhic dancer and flutist
On both sides of this vase, a pyrrhic, or armed, dancer practices to the music of a flutist. The armed dance was one of the competitions at the Panathenaic festival, an important festival of Athena held annually in Athens. The dancer, wearing a helmet and greaves and carrying a spear and shield, stands in a pose that may have been a required component of the dance. (Jessica Powers 2008)
On both sides of this vase, a pyrrhic, or armed, dancer practices to the music of a flutist. The armed dance was one of the competitions at the Panathenaic festival, an important festival of Athena held annually in Athens. The dancer, wearing a helmet and greaves and carrying a spear and shield, stands in a pose that may have been a required component of the dance. (Jessica Powers 2008)
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