Pelike (wine container): Two youths and Lyre player

One side shows two youths and female kithara player. In the center, a woman facing right wearing a fine chiton and headdress stands playing a kithara. She tilts her head back and opens her mouth, indicating that she is singing. To the right is a youth, nude with a loosely draped mantel who bends slightly to lift a large krater (mixing bowl for wine and water). Below the krater is a stool upon which are draped folded garments. To the left of the woman is a second youth, also draped, who holds a walking stick and lyre. This scene’s likely context is the symposium (drinking party) or komos (drunken revelry thought to follow the symposium).
On the other side are two youths and a bearded man. In the center, a nude youth facing right wears loose drapery with a garland on his head and plays the pipes. To his right, another garlanded youth walking further to the right turns his head over his shoulder. He holds a pitcher in one hand and a wineskin in the other. To left of both the young men, an older bearded man, facing right, holds a large amphora (storage vessel). All three figures are participating in a drunken procession (komos) occurring after a symposium.