The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)

Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)

:: Attributed to the Tleson Painter
Period:: Archaic
Date:: ca. 540 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:: H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm) width with handles 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm) diameter 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:: 56.171.34

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 155

Description

Exterior, obverse, hen above; below, Tleson, son of Nearchos, made [me]

Tleson was one of the most prolific and meticulous potters of lip-cups. We know a bit about him because his signature often constitutes the major decoration of the exterior. From his signature, we also know that his father was Nearchos, one of the foremost innovators of the preceding generation; a work by him is displayed nearby. Tleson may have painted the vases he made; in the absence of proof, his collaborator is called the Tleson Painter.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Signed by Tleson as potter

Inscription: Inscribed: "Tleson, son of Nearchos, made [me]"
References

von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1957. "Greek Vases from the Hearst Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15(7): pp. 166, 173.

Mertens, Joan R. 2010. How to Read Greek Vases. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 13, pp. 13, 24, 80-82, 86, 88, 92, 94, 98, 139.
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