Cf. R. Green and E. Handley, Images of the Greek Theatre, The British Museum, London, 1995, pp. 16-17, pl. 2 for an Attic cup with similar komasts in their traditional padded costumes. The precise significance of padded dancers is uncertain, although their origins may lie in a rustic fertility ritual. For further examples of dancing komasts, cf. C. M. Stibbe, Lakonische Vasenmaler, London, 1972, no. 219 a hydria from Rhodes; no. 227 a cup from Cerveteri (Florence); and no. 228 another cup (Cabinet des Medailles, Paris)