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[2] [8] On the neck are two elephant heads forming two handles. Originally, the vases had porcelain rings suspended from the handles. [4] There are a few small differences in decorations between the two vases, for example, the mouth of the dragon is closed in one but open in the other. [2]
The lip of a band cup is black and slightly concave. At the joint between vase body and foot, there is often a red ring. The external figural decoration is in the area of the handles, often framed by palmettes. Internal images and inscriptions are quite rare. Some specimens are completely black with the exception of some figures near the handles.
Another of his vases depicts women, their skin indicated by white paint. This technique, typical of Corinthian and Attic vase painting, is not otherwise known from Laconian workshops. A similar image shows Herakles, apparently fighting two amazons. Their faces are white, their legs not visible. The Arkesilas Painter primarily painted cups.
Tall bowl with a long handle. Móu (鍪): A vase with two handles. Vessels of this type are classed as hú (壺) in the Xiqing gujian. Píng (瓶): Tall vase with a long slender neck opening up to a narrow mouth. Pǒu (瓿, pronounced bù in China): A small bronze wèng (甕).
At Athens researchers have found the earliest known examples of vase painters signing their work, the first being a dinos by Sophilos (illus. below, BM, c. 580), this perhaps indicative of their increasing ambition as artists in producing the monumental work demanded as grave markers, as for example with Kleitias's François Vase.
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