On side (A) we see the first woman to be portrayed convincingly as such, with long locks of hair and a latticed skirt also the first ship showing two ranks of rowers, presumably the port and starboard rowers on the same level. On side (B) are the earliest known Attic horsemen, and among the earliest charioteers to wear a long robe (preceded only by those on the monumental krater Athens 806, Ahlberg fig.
The painter, working in the tradition of the Dipylon Master, seems to have broken new ground in his iconography. On handles, curved stripes zigzags above, large hatched bird below. Below: massed lines interrupted by a zone of floating sigmas paint on and above foot. Filling ornaments: latticed lozenges with double outline, loose piles of zigzags, columns of single chevron, double axes. The horseman, holding the reins in his left hand, crosses his legs below the animal. (B) two chariot groups with single horses, followed by one horseman. As filling ornaments, single zigzags, columns of double chevron, loose pile of zigzags, double axes. Ship: nineteen and twenty rowers shown in two registers, presumably seated on opposite sides of the vessel near the stern, a small Dipylon shield in silhouette above the prow, a silhouette bird.
Between handles, figured zones: (A) ship scene: from left, woman with long hair and latticed skirt holding circular object surrounded by dots her forearm is grasped by a man looking towards her and advancing towards the ship, his forward leg overlapping with the two steering oars. Shape: short inward-leaning lip, flat above, with bridge across spout shallow hemispherical body, high ring foot rising round handles.ĭecoration: Groups of bars on rim, dots below on lip.
Clay: orange-buff clay, brown and white grits, lustrous brown paint.
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