Interior, foreigner with his dog Exterior, obverse, symposium (drinking party); reverse, komos (revel)
In technique and execution, this cup represents the kind of enterprising and accomplished artist who flourished in Athens during the late sixth and early fifth centuries B.C. The technique is red-figure enhanced by a coral-red slip, a short-lived experiment. The decoration is exceptional for the trenchant observation that underlies the spirited rendering. The man on the interior is often identified as Levantine. His physiognomy would have been as outlandish to an Athenian as the appearance of his dog.
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Title:Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Artist:Signed by Hegesiboulos as potter
Artist: Attributed to the Hegesiboulos Painter
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 500 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) diameter 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1907
Object Number:07.286.47
Signature: Signed by Hegesiboulos as potter
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Moore, Mary B. 2008. "The Hegesiboulos Cup." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 43: pp. 11–14, 16, 18, 20–27, figs. 1–8.
Lezzi-Hafter, Adrienne. 2009. "Wheel without Chariot – A Motif in Attic Vase-Painting." Athenian Potters and Painters, Vol. 2, John H. Oakley and Olga Palagia, eds. p. 155 n. 11, Oxford: Oxbow Books.
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Arbeid, Barbara, Elena Ghisellini, and Maria Rosaria Luberto. 2022. Ho Pais Kalos : Scritti Di Archeologia Offerti a Mario Iozzo per Il suo Sessantacinquesimo Compleanno pp. 388–90, figs. 1–3, Monte Compatri (RM): Edizioni Espera.
Datable to about 510 B.C., a time of extraordinary creativity in Athens and of intense export to Italy, this drinking cup depicts the heroic deeds of Theseus.
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