Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

Interior, satyr pursuing maenad
Exterior, palmette-lotos chain

While nonfigural motifs often frame or emphasize a specific zone or subject, they can also serve as the primary decoration. In this respect, it is useful to compare the role of ornament in architecture. The alternating stylized palmettes and lotos flowers represent a combination that later becomes standard on the necks of neck-amphorae.

Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A., Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A., Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A., Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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