Red-Figure Stamnos (Mixing/Storage Vessel): Komos (Musicians and Revelers)
Kleophon Painter (attributed)
Four lively figures move to the right across the front side of this stamnos, a vase used for storing and mixing wine. First comes a finely dressed woman playing the pipes, followed by three male figures, all nearly nude. The bearded one holds a drinking cup and reaches back, perhaps dancing, while the last in line concentrates on the music of his lyre.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- height: height 0.404 m; diameter of foot: width 0.138 m; diameter of mouth: width 0.235 m; width with handles: width 0.39 m
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- John L. Severance Fund
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Related to Music Both · 99%
The title and description identify musicians, including a pipe player and a lyre player, while both instruments are visible in the image.
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Movement Both · 98%
The catalog describes four figures moving to the right, and their directional poses, raised arms, and extended legs visibly convey movement.
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Parties and Celebrations Both · 95%
The title identifies a komos of musicians and revelers, and the image includes music, a drinking cup, and animated gestures.
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Nude Both · 94%
The catalog describes the three male figures as nearly nude, and their largely uncovered bodies are visible in the figural scene.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%
Palmette-like ornaments, scrolling forms, patterned borders, and repeated decorative bands substantially embellish the vessel’s surface.
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Symmetrical Visual · 90%
The vessel has a balanced bilateral profile with paired handles, a centered foot, and organized ornamental framing, although the figural decoration itself is sequential rather than symmetrical.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The Cleveland Museum of Art dates the object to circa 435–425 BCE, placing it within ancient art.
Geographic Regions
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Greek Art Metadata · 94%
The artist is identified as Greek and Attic, and the work is a Greek ceramic vessel associated with the Kleophon Painter.
Materials
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Ceramic Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as Ceramic, and the image clearly shows a painted fired-ceramic vessel.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Greek and Roman Art and Architecture Both · 99%
The museum classifies the object within Greek and Roman Art, and its Attic Greek figural decoration is visible on the vessel.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vessel Both · 99%
The object is identified as a stamnos used for storing and mixing wine; its broad body, neck, open mouth, handles, and foot are visible.
Source & rights
Kleophon Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 440–410 BCE). Red-Figure Stamnos (Mixing/Storage Vessel): Komos (Musicians and Revelers). Cleveland Museum of Art.