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Attributed to Sakonides
Exterior, bust of a woman
Inscribed "Hail and drink this"
The rendering of the woman's face and neck in glaze outline anticipates the red-figure technique, introduced about 530 B.C.
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Title: Fragment of a terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Artist:
Attributed to Sakonides
Period: Archaic
Date: 3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
length 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1951
Accession Number: 51.125.10
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