Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A.
ca. 560–550 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155
Interior, satyr pursuing maenad
Exterior, palmette-lotos chain

While nonfigural motifs often frame or emphasize a specific zone or subject, they can also serve as the primary decoration. In this respect, it is useful to compare the role of ornament in architecture. The alternating stylized palmettes and lotos flowers represent a combination that later becomes standard on the necks of neck-amphorae.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Painter of Boston C.A.
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
    diameter 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.234.3
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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