Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick

c. 470-460 BCE

Description

Side A: nude youth to right with chlamys thrown over both shoulders, threatening with a knobbed stick. Side B: a nude youth similarly attired who holds a stick in his left and extends his right as if to ward off the blow. Hair outline reserved. Under and at the side of the junction of the handles sloral palmette. Covered with superb lustrous greenish-black glaze. Intact and in perfect condition.

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Red-figure
Medium
Terracotta; fine reddish clay with greenish-black paint
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Early
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

h. 7.4 x diam. 19.2 cm (2 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Joseph Clark Hoppin, purchased in Athens, 1897; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

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