Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Ashby Painter
ca. 500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
Interior, warrior testing his trumpet
Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party)

The conceit of a drinker looking over a cup is preserved on two major vases by Euphronios and may be considered his invention. Contemporary artists like the
Ashby Painter adopted it. Here, the youth holds the flutes for a flute player as she binds her hair. On the other side, a youth holds a drinking cup and a drinking horn while the flute player performs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Ashby Painter
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 500 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: Overall: 5 x 16 in. (12.7 x 40.6cm)
    diameter 12 7/8in. (32.7cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Gift and The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1993
  • Object Number: 1993.11.5
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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