3-047-589 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Handleless Stamnos in Attic Six Technique, late 6th century BC. Additional Info: The designs on this handleless stamnos are rendered in a thick matte-red pigment on the black glaze. On 'A' and 'B', the decoration consists of three palmettes enclosed by an encircling tendril attached to the hearts of the three palmettes. The tendril chain originates from the bottom of a calyx from which springs a fourth palmette. On side A, this palmette has seven leaves, and the one directly below it, ten. On side B, their counterparts have five and nine respectively. The two lateral palmettes are virtually identical on both sides, having the same number of leaves (12). The decoration of what would be the 'handle-zone' on A-B and B-A is formed by two tendrils spirllaing off the enclosed tendrils. On A-B they spiral in the same direction, on B-A, in opposite directions. Four single leaves mark the joins of the enclosing and off-shooting tendrils on each side. The interior of the mouth and neck is glazed black down to the junction of the neck and body. A zone of rays decorates the reserve zone near the foot. The fillet between the body and foot is painted red. There is a graffito on the underside of the foot. .