Stamnos (Mixing Jar)

Discussion

FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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 a flower in her left. The flanking women wear chitons and himatia; that on the right has similar hair to the central figure, while the woman on the left wears a sakkos. Written in the field in added white kale (orthograde) and kale (retrograde). On the other side of the vase is a man and two women. On the left, a woman in chiton and himation moves away to the left, but turns her head back to the right. She seems to hold a section of her himation up in front of her, perhaps adjusting its arrangement. Her hair is tied up on the nape of her neck and she wears an earring. In the centre stands a bearded man in himation, right hand over his hip, and leaning on a knotty stick. He holds out in his

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