Légende

Red-figure bottle vessel depicting the punishment of Marsyas, attributed to Scen.Gal.Klass., Greek pottery, 330–310 BC. Bottle glued from several fragments; minor additions on the neck, flaking of white and yellow retouches covering the silhouette of Silenus. Between ornamental bands on the lower neck and belly, the scene shows Marsyas seated on a cloak one end covering his right thigh, lower torso facing left while upper torso, with hands tied to a tree in front, faces right toward Apollo. Apollo stands beside a table on a platform, a lyre on the table, and in his right hand a taenia victory ribbon that flutters above Silenus’s head. A Scythian stands before Marsyas, holding a knife in his right hand and beginning to flay him. The scene includes three satyrs and a column with an oval object possibly an omphalos. The composition references the musical agon between Apollo lyre and Marsyas aulos. Origin: Apulia, Basilicate findspot. Dimensions: height 26 cm, width 13.5 cm, weight 0.67 kg., A rounded vase with a narrow flared neck sits against a plain light gray background; the vase is primarily black with extensive reddish-orange and pale cream painted decoration. The neck shows vertical reddish-orange striped banding and thin pale cream dots near the shoulder, while the body features a central scene in reddish-orange and cream on a black ground depicting human figures and an animal-like figure; one human figure on the left appears in a long garment reaching toward the central seated animal figure, and another human figure on the right stands beside a small architectural element holding an object toward the animal. Below the scene a wide decorative band of floral rosette motifs in reddish-orange and cream encircles the vase, and beneath that is a repeating looped pattern in similar colors. The base and the top rim show some surface wear with small areas where the black surface is chipped, revealing lighter underlying material.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A01_308

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48.6Mo (3.8Mo) / 26.4cm x 46.1cm / 3123 x 5441 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Red-figure bottle vessel depicting punishment Marsyas attributed Scen.Gal.Klass Greek pottery 330–310 Bc Bottle glued several fragments minor additions neck flaking white yellow retouches covering silhouette Silenus ornamental bands lower neck belly scene Marsyas seated cloak covering right thigh lower torso facing left upper torso hands tied tree front faces right Apollo stands beside table platform lyre right hand taenia victory ribbon flutters Silenus’s head Scythian stands holding knife flay includes three satyrs column oval object omphalos composition references musical agon Apollo lyre Marsyas aulos Origin Apulia Basilicate findspot Dimensions height 26 cm width 13.5 cm weight 0.67 kg rounded vase narrow flared sits plain light gray background vase primarily black extensive reddish-orange pale cream painted decoration vertical reddish-orange striped banding thin pale cream dots near shoulder body features central scene reddish-orange cream black ground depicting human figures animal- figure human figure left long garment reaching central seated animal figure another human figure right small architectural element holding object animal wide decorative band floral rosette motifs cream encircles beneath repeating looped pattern colors base top rim surface wear small areas black surface chipped revealing lighter underlying material.