Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
Interior, rooster
Exterior, obverse and reverse, male head; at the handles, deer and panthers
While the figural decoration is not comfortably placed, the palmette chain in the handle zone is well adapted to its position on the cup.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, male head; at the handles, deer and panthers
While the figural decoration is not comfortably placed, the palmette chain in the handle zone is well adapted to its position on the cup.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
diameter 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.234.2
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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