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N11.1 CHARON

Charon | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 25.082
Beazley Archive No. 217665
Ware Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Reed Painter
Date ca 420 - 400 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Charon, ferryman of the dead, punts his skiff. He wears a conical workman's cap and short chiton. The image is painted on a funerary vase.

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Charon