Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Painter of Brussels R 330

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Interior, symposium (drinking party)
Exterior, women and youths

Compared with symposium scenes of the preceding generation of cup painters, this work presents a more complex viewpoint. The symposiast is seen from the back, and the attending woman is on the far side of the kline (couch). She holds a phiale (libation bowl).

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Attributed to the Painter of Brussels R 330, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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