The black-figure technique was introduced into Athens from Corinth at the end of the seventh century B.C. During the early sixth century, Attic cup painters favored Corinthian motifs, like these dancing revelers. Indeed, the Komast cup is the earliest canonical type of Attic black-figure kylix.
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Title:Terracotta kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
Artist:Attributed to the manner of the KX Painter
Artist: Attributed to the Painter of New York 22.139.22
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 580–570 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) diameter 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number:22.139.22
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Moore, Mary B. 2006. "Hoplites, Horses, and a Comic Chorus." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 41: pp. 36–37, 39, figs. 6–7.
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