Artist: Phintias Of Agrigentum
Size: 12 x 39 cm
Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, United States)
Technique: Terracotta
Tondo: a crouching satyr with an erect phallus, long hair and a bushy beard holds two kantharoi. He looks back over his shoulder. An inscription (Phintias painted [this]) surrounds the figure.Exterior, A: a nude youth crouches and masturbates while holding a calyx krater before an older woman (perhaps a courtesan). She leans back, cradling the krater against her outstretched right arm. Her hair is tied up in a cloth, and an earring is evident in her left ear. Her maturity is suggested by the fleshy folds on her belly and under her chin.Exterior B: two similar figures to those on side A, again engaged in sexual activity. A nude youth, this time with traces of hair on his cheeks, reclines while a nude woman grasps his penis with her right hand. She is in a crouched position over his legs and, in contrast to the woman on side A, does not wear a head cloth or earring. Nonetheless, her age and weight are conveyed by the thickness of her waist and the folds under her chin. At the top, the inscription, E [...] A I E L A O, perhaps uttered by the youth (whose lips are parted and who gestures with his right hand).A single eye is placed under each handle, and is flanked by palmettes. The eyes are facing toward side B.
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