Kylix

MS2443

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2443
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 500-450 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Superposed Color
Iconography Man | Wreath | Rhyton | Draped Woman | Youth | Strigil
Description

I. Large tondo, encircled by maeander and cross design. At left, naked male figure in 3/4 view holds wreath in right hand and holds out in left a long rhyton toward a fullt draped female figure. A & B) On each side a naked youth holds a wreath in right hand and holds out a strigil in the other toward a fully draped female figure. Recomposed from several fragments; one piece missing. All figures in pinkish yellow. Extensive incision for details of all figures.

Height 10.16 cm
Width 31.75 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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