Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)

Attributed to Pheidippos

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

Interior, black-figure, Dionysos, the god of wine
Exterior, red-figure, between eyes, warrior, runner

Eye-cups were decorated not only in the black-figure technique but also in red-figure and in the combination of the two known as bilingual. While contemporary black-figure and red-figure eye-cups share many features, the red-figure examples often have figures on the interior and rather sparse decoration on the exterior.

Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Attributed to Pheidippos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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