Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, kithara player
Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party)
The decoration of the exterior is carefully placed. When the cup was suspended, the underside of the foot with the black band melded with the impression of the continuous couch on which the figures are reclining. A representation such as this one implies the homosexual relationships between men and youths that were part of an Athenian male's culture.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party)
The decoration of the exterior is carefully placed. When the cup was suspended, the underside of the foot with the black band melded with the impression of the continuous couch on which the figures are reclining. A representation such as this one implies the homosexual relationships between men and youths that were part of an Athenian male's culture.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the manner of the Pistoxenos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480–470 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896
- Object Number: 96.18.143
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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