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ARTIST: The Niobid Painter (attributed)

TITLE OF WORK: Musician playing the barbitos, a form of lyre. Nude dwarf dancing

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta, red-figure vase

DATE: -450

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 18.7 cm diam.

COMMENTS: Type of vase: Oinochoe, chous (jug) of the Attic classical period. The tall komast advances deliberately, playing the barbitos, a form of lyre. His head is wreathed, his cloak and a chous are slung ov

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Athens

DANCE FORM: solo

KEYWORDS: varvitos, lyre, musician, dwarf