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    • Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400–390 b.c.; Red-figure
    Attributed to the Konnakis Group
    Greek, South Italian, Apulian
    Terracotta

    H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1951 (51.11.2)

    This calyx-krater is decorated with an actor, known as a phlyax, who wears the characteristic padded costume and grotesque mask. He is masquerading as a reveler with an enormous torch. His skin-tight costume with sleeves and trousers does not quite cover his simulated nudity. An oversize mantle is draped over his left arm, and one has the impression that the actor is about to trip over it.

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  • Von Bothmer, Dietrich. "Greek Vase Painting." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 31, no. 1 (Fall, 1972).
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  • Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400–390 b.c.; Red-figure
    Attributed to the Konnakis Group
    Greek, South Italian, Apulian
    Terracotta

    H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1951 (51.11.2)