Drinking Vessel with Banqueting Youths

5th century BC

Shallow circular bowl on pedestal foot; two, squared-loop handles; black ground of Interior with central red-orange decoration showing scene of two youths reclining on couch, one lifting phiale, the other playing a lyre, the scene framed by a circular band of alternating key and checkerboard patterns. Black ground of bowl exterior with red-orange decoration consisting of palmettes surrounding handles; between handles, on either side, tableaus of reveling youths on couches similar to scene in bowl.