Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
Interior, black-figure, Dionysos, the god of wine
Exterior, red-figure, between eyes, warrior, runner
Eye-cups were decorated not only in the black-figure technique but also in red-figure and in the combination of the two known as bilingual. While contemporary black-figure and red-figure eye-cups share many features, the red-figure examples often have figures on the interior and rather sparse decoration on the exterior.
Exterior, red-figure, between eyes, warrior, runner
Eye-cups were decorated not only in the black-figure technique but also in red-figure and in the combination of the two known as bilingual. While contemporary black-figure and red-figure eye-cups share many features, the red-figure examples often have figures on the interior and rather sparse decoration on the exterior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to Pheidippos
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 515–510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; bilingual
- Dimensions: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); diameter 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); width with handles 16 5/16 in. (41.4 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.8
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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