Kylix
MS2497
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2497 |
| Current Location | On Loan |
| Culture | Attic | Ancient Greek |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Eye | Sphinx | Man | Youth | Oedipus |
| Description | Cup of type A. Interior: a reserved circle (ca. 0.06 m diameter) with a black dotted circle. Reserved: resting surface and side of foot. Added red on fillet where stem joins body. A: between eyes, a seated sphinx to right (with head turned back left) and a naked youth to right (with head turned back left). B: between eyes, a man to right and a youth to left, both gesturing. Palmette under each handle. Nearly complete, mended from many pieces. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 959 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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