Charon, ferryman of the dead | Greek vase, Athenian red figure white-ground lekythos

N11.1 KHARON

Museum Collection: Rhode Island School of Design
Museum of Art, New York, USA
Catalogue Number: RISD 25.082
Beazley Archive Number: 217665
Ware: Attic Red Figure, White Ground
Shape: Lekythos
Painter: Attributed to the Reed Painter
Date: ca 420 - 400 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Kharon figure. Kharon drives his skiff with a pole. Painted on a white-ground funerary vase.

NOTE

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Kharon

 
 
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