Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Obverse and reverse, cockfight
In the treatment of shapes as well as decoration, Attic vase-painting offers an endless array of permutations. Here the cockfight appears on a band-cup, which would have been used at a symposium (drinking party). This artist uses less detail than Tleson, for instance, yet he effectively characterized the birds' bulk and their eager heads.
In the treatment of shapes as well as decoration, Attic vase-painting offers an endless array of permutations. Here the cockfight appears on a band-cup, which would have been used at a symposium (drinking party). This artist uses less detail than Tleson, for instance, yet he effectively characterized the birds' bulk and their eager heads.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the manner of Elbows Out
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
diameter 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.157
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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