K22.1 PAN CHASING SHEPHERD
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 10.185 |
Beazley Archive No. | 206804 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Bell |
Painter | Name vase of the Pan Painter |
Date | ca. 470 B.C. |
Period | Early Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Side B: Pan (either the god or one of the lesser Panes) pursues a shepherd boy. He is depicted with the head, horns, hooves and tail of a goat and an erect member. Behind him stands a Herma--a fertility statue of the god Hermes--perched on a rock.
Side A: The death of Actaeon (see other image).