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Kylix

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Object Number:30-33-130
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Culture:Greek
Provenience: Russia
Maikop
Kuban
Manufacture Location: Attica
Maker: Lancut Group
Date Made: ca. 470 BCE
Early Date: -471
Late Date: -469
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Ceramic
Technique:Black Figure
Iconography:Women
Lyre
Music
Height: 9.8 cm
Outside Diameter:17.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930

Description

One handle missing, otherwise complete, mended from three pieces. Unglazed: resting surface, groove around outer ege of the foot; broad handle zone. In handle zone A&B, two women seated, facing right, playing the lyre. On either side of the handles a large vertical palmette.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 25, no. 20View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1978. Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters.. New York. Hacker Art Books. ed. reprint. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 578, no. 54View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] 1975. From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C - 100 B.C.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 158-9, 11View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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