Black Figured Bowl (dinos)

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Sophilos's dinos

Black-figured bowl (dinos) and stand, signed by Sophilos as painter

Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, attended by the gods, some on foot, others in chariots, encircles the shoulder. Below, and on the stand, are animal friezes.
Date: early 6th c.

Attic black-figure dinos, ca. 540 BC, decorated with animals. Dinosa (the plural of dinos) are large, deep bowls with a small, rounded lip and a rounded bottom, often requiring a stand. They were often used as mixing bowls and were sometimes given as prizes in competitions.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/black-figured_bowl_and_stand.aspx

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Pottery.htm

http://www.theoi.com/GalleryK1.html

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