Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, symposium (drinking party)
Exterior, obverse and reverse, seated man and woman with phiale (libation bowl)
While the execution is not refined, the composition of the cup is artful indeed. The interior is noteworthy for the use of the tondo as a porthole and for the frontal view of the symposiasts. The libation scene on each side of the exterior presents wine in a different context. Both the symposium and the libation were significant institutions in the life of an Athenian citizen.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, seated man and woman with phiale (libation bowl)
While the execution is not refined, the composition of the cup is artful indeed. The interior is noteworthy for the use of the tondo as a porthole and for the frontal view of the symposiasts. The libation scene on each side of the exterior presents wine in a different context. Both the symposium and the libation were significant institutions in the life of an Athenian citizen.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Marlay Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 430 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); diameter 8 11/16 in. (22 cm); width with handles 11 9/16 in. (29.4 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.137
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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