Kylix

MS2448

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2448
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Creator Antiphon Painter | Euphronios, Potter
Date Made 500-475 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Youth | Pig | Basket | Dipinto
Description

Kylix, type B. A few missing pieces of wall & lip restored in plaster. Reserved: "cone" of underside of foot; narrow band around outer edge of bottom; outer edge of foot; inside of handles. Tondo of interior bordered by a band of maeander. In tondo is a youth wearing a garment covering him from waist to mid-thigh. He faces to your right, left foot forward. He holds out behind him a small pig. In his outstretched left hand he holds a basket. Numerous small holes drilled though surface for mending ancient breaks. In field in front of boy is a dipinto inscription (see card); and behind him is another inscription (see card).

Height 9.3 cm
Width 31 cm
Depth 9.7 cm
Outside Diameter 24.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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