Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Antiphon Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

Interior, youth wearing phorbeia (lip band) and holding double flute (aulos); inscribed the boy is fair
Exterior, youths

The scenes here depict young Athenian men engaged in pursuits characteristic of their age and status. Music was an integral part of education, with the flute and the lyre as the primary instruments. The youth on the interior must just have stopped playing because he still wears the phorbeia. His companions on the outside converse and occupy themselves with a hare.

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Antiphon Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Antiphon Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Antiphon Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Antiphon Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Antiphon Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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