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Signed by Tleson
Attributed to the Tleson Painter
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Interior, Pegasos, the mythological winged horse
Exterior, obverse and reverse, Tleson, son of Nearchos, made [me]
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Title: Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Artist:
Signed by Tleson as potter
Artist:
Attributed to the Tleson Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 540 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
5 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (14.9 × 29.2 cm)
Other: 8 9/16in. (21.7cm)
Other (width with handles): 11 3/8in. (28.9cm)
Diam. of foot: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, Christos G. Bastis Gift, 1955
Accession Number: 55.11.13
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