Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Obverse, siren and panther;
Reverse, two sphinxes
The band-cup was produced concurrently with the lip-cup. The
two shapes are often designated "Little Master cups," owing
to their small scale. Some artists, such as Tleson and his
painter-collaborator, worked on both shapes. the ban-cup is
a darker vase than the lip cup, with the decoration confined
to a clay-colored zone between the handles. The motifs,
however, tend to be similar.
Reverse, two sphinxes
The band-cup was produced concurrently with the lip-cup. The
two shapes are often designated "Little Master cups," owing
to their small scale. Some artists, such as Tleson and his
painter-collaborator, worked on both shapes. the ban-cup is
a darker vase than the lip cup, with the decoration confined
to a clay-colored zone between the handles. The motifs,
however, tend to be similar.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Tleson Painter
- Artist: Attributed to Tleson as potter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550–540 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
diameter 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898
- Object Number: 98.8.16
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Tleson Painter
ca. 550–540 BCE
Tleson Painter
Tleson
3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Hieron
Makron
ca. 480 BCE
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
4th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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