Attic polychrome figured vessels from the state historical museum: comprehensive studies

Cover Page

Cite item

Full Text

Open Access Open Access
Restricted Access Access granted
Restricted Access Subscription Access

Abstract

This article presents the results of comprehensive studies of three Attic figured vessels from the 4th century BC, drawn from the State Historical Museum collection. The application of X-ray tomography, large-scale XRF mapping, energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis under SEM and synchrotron XRD analysis enabled a comprehensive examination of the vessels' state of preservation, including the identification of restoration traces and the delineation of the manufacturing technology employed. Additionally, the analysis facilitated the identification of the pigments utilized in the surface painting. A reconstruction of the polychrome painting of the vessels was proposed based on the pigment residues identified both visually and on XRF maps. Given the poor state of preservation of the coating on the surface of two vessels, a reconstruction of their possible polychrome painting was performed based on a comparison with known analogues.

Full Text

Restricted Access

About the authors

D. V. Zhuravlev

State Historical Museum; National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Author for correspondence.
Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

T. A. Ilyina

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. Yu. Tereschenko

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

P. V. Guryeva

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. S. Kovalenko

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

O. A. Kondratyev

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. A. Kuzmina

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. S. Kulikova

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. V. Mandrykina

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

N. B. Shaliavina

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. B. Yatsishina

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Email: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

References

  1. Beazley J.D. // J. Hell. Stud. 1929. V. 49. P. 38.
  2. Горбунова К.С. // Тр. ГЭ. Т. VII. Культура и искусство античного мира. 3. Л.: Изд-во Гос. Эрмитажа, 1962. С. 28.
  3. Trumpf-Lyrizaki M. Griechische Figurenvasen des Reichen Stils und der Späten Klassik. Abhandlungen zur Kunst Bonn. Bonn: H. Bouvier. 1969. 170 p.
  4. Croissant F. // Bulletin de correspondence hellénique. 1973. 97. P. 205.
  5. True M. // The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases. Edited by Cohen B. Los Angeles. 2006. P. 245
  6. Tanagras: Figurines for Life and Eternity. The Musée du Louvre’s Collection of Greek Figurines / Ed. Jeammet V. Valencia: Fundación Bancaja, 2010. 300 p.
  7. Сорокина Н.П. Религия и корпластика в античности (фигурные сосуды из собрания ГИМ). Труды ГИМ. 1997. Вып. 91. М.: Восточная литература, 86 с.
  8. Каталог выставки. На краю ойкумены. Греки и варвары на северном берегу Понта Эвксинского. М.: Исторический музей, 2002. 144 с.
  9. Журавлев Д.В., Камелина Г.А. // ПИФК. 2023. № 4. С. 139.
  10. Журавлев Д.В., Гурьева П.В., Коваленко Е.С. и др. // Античные реликвии Херсонеса: открытия, находки, теории. Материалы научной конференции. 2023. С. 61 (приложение 217–218).
  11. Терещенко Е.Ю., Антипин А.М., Кварталов В.Б. и др. // Кристаллография. 2022. Т. 67. № 4. С. 660. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0023476122040178
  12. Терещенко Е.Ю., Антипин А.М., Кварталов В.Б. и др. // Stratum Plus. Археология и культурная антропология. 2023. № 6. С. 207.
  13. Jaksch H., Seipel W., Weiner K.L. et al. // Naturwissenschaften. 1983. 70. P. 525.
  14. Набоко С.И. Вулканические эксгаляции и продукты их реакций (Тр. Лаборатории вулканологии. Вып. 3). М.: Изд-во АН СССР, 1959. 301 с.
  15. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past. Catalog of an Exhibition held at Hood Museum of Art / Ed. Neils J. New Haven: Yale University Press in association with the Hood Museum of Art. Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. 2003. 333 p.
  16. Knoblauch P. Studien zur archaisch-griechischen Tonbildnerei in Kreta, Rhodos, Athen und Böotien. Publ.: С. Nieft. 1937. 219 p.
  17. Williams E.R. // Hesperia. 1978. 47. P. 357.

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download
2. Fig. 1. Photographs of objects: a – 1 (B 305/64) lekythos with a figurative image of a head in a diadem over a lush hairstyle, b – 2 (B 625/61) oinochoe in the form of a seated child teasing a rooster, c – 3 (B 625/1) vessel in the form of a seated boy with a dog.

Download (794KB)
Indexing metadata
3. Fig. 2. Results of X-ray tomography of a lekythos with a figured image of a head: a, b – model of the arrangement of cavities and cracks in the walls of the object, cracks and places of gluing of fragments of the vessel are marked in red, cavities between loosely pressed parts of ceramics are marked in blue; c – model of the inner surface of the right side of the lekythos; g–e – tomographic sections: g – longitudinal, close to the central one, d – longitudinal, passing through the wings, e – transverse, passing through the center of the body; 1 – cavities between loosely pressed parts of ceramics, 2 – protrusions of material in the areas of overlapping parts of the structure, 3 – bending of material around the hole in the upper part of the body.

Download (638KB)
Indexing metadata
4. Fig. 3. Results of X-ray tomography of an oinochoe in the form of a seated child teasing a rooster: a–c – model of the arrangement of cavities in the vessel walls; g – model of the inner surface of the front side; d – model of the inner surface of the back side; e – model of the inner surface of the left side; g – longitudinal tomographic section passing close to the center of the vessel; h – longitudinal tomographic section of the neck and handle; i – transverse tomographic section passing close to the center of the body; k – transverse tomographic section of the bottom; 1 – additional fragments of ceramic paste covering the side seams.

Download (659KB)
Indexing metadata
5. Fig. 4. Results of X-ray tomography of a vessel in the form of a seated boy with a dog: a – model of the arrangement of cavities in the vessel walls; b – model of the inner surface of the front side; c – model of the inner surface of the back side; g – model of the inner surface of the bottom; d – arrangement of cavities inside the bottom material; e – longitudinal tomographic section passing through the bottom of the vessel; g–i – tomographic sections passing through the center of the body in three mutually perpendicular planes; 1 – cavities between loosely pressed parts of ceramics, 2 – ridges formed during the manufacture of the back side of the body, 3 – tourniquet of ceramic dough at the base of the pedestal.

Download (644KB)
Indexing metadata
6. Fig. 5. X-ray fluorescence maps of the distribution of elements on the surface of the lekyth for three positions of the vessel relative to the X-ray beam.

Download (357KB)
Indexing metadata
7. Fig. 6. RFLA maps of the distribution of elements on the surface of the oinochoe (sitting child with a rooster).

Download (443KB)
Indexing metadata
8. Fig. 7. RFLA maps of the distribution of elements on the surface of a vessel in the form of a sitting boy with a dog.

Download (416KB)
Indexing metadata
9. Fig. 8. Reconstruction of the painting of a lekythos with a figurative image of a female head in a diadem over a lush hairstyle (1); reconstruction of the painting of an oinochoe in the form of a seated child teasing a rooster (2); reconstruction of the painting of a vessel in the form of a seated boy with a dog, based on the surviving painting of analogues (3).

Download (770KB)
Indexing metadata

Copyright (c) 2024 Russian Academy of Sciences