Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Interior, siren
Exterior, obverse and reverse, inscription: Nearchos made me
Nearchos was a potter and painter active during the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. His major preserved works include the aryballos (oil flask) displayed nearby. The incisive characterization of figures and a predilection for color are important features of his style. His signature on lip-cups attests to his activity into the middle of the century.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, inscription: Nearchos made me
Nearchos was a potter and painter active during the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. His major preserved works include the aryballos (oil flask) displayed nearby. The incisive characterization of figures and a predilection for color are important features of his style. His signature on lip-cups attests to his activity into the middle of the century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Signed by Nearchos as potter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: Overall: 4 9/16 x 9 1/4in. (11.5 x 23.5cm)
diameter 7 1/16in. (17.9cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, Christos G. Bastis Gift, 1961
- Object Number: 61.11.2
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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