Kylix

MS2445

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci (uncertain) | Canino (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2445
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Archaic Greek | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Vulci (uncertain) | Canino (uncertain)
Manufacture Location Attica
Creator Foundry Painter | Painter of Paris Gigantomachy | Brygos
Date Made 500-475 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Youth | Lyre | Flute | Skyphos | Dancing
Description

Kylix. I, Komast. Naked youth carrying cloak over left arm advances toward right, knobbed stick in right hand; face frontal. Maeander border. A-B , Komos. A) L. to r., naked youth dancing; naked youth with cloak over shoulder playing lyre; naked youth with skyphos and stick, cloak over forearm. B) L. to r., naked youth dancing; bearded man with flutes; legs of dancing figure. Sizeable sections of B missing and restored in plaster.

Height 9.3 cm
Length 30.8 cm
Outside Diameter 23.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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