Kylix (drinking cup): Horse and Rider
525 BCE-475 BCE
Description
Buff fabric with lustrous black slip. Broad kylix with loop handles. Represented in the tondo is a nude man whipping the horse on which he is mounted, moving left. A paddle-shaped racecourse turning post is shown below horse.
Dimensions
7.8 x 21 cm (3 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Dr. Herbert Cahn, Basel, March 1966, sold; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1966-2007), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museum, 2007.
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