Vases Bilingual Kylix Attic Bilingual Eye Cup
Attic Bilingual Eye Cup

Attic Bilingual Eye Cup

Bilingual Pheidippos · Kylix · about 510 B.C.
The cup is broken and restored, executed in both red and black figure techniques

Interior: The interior decoration is mostly missing. Preserved in the tondo, in black-figure, are the two feet and lower hem of a running figure, perhaps Dionysos, carrying a grapevine.

Exterior: The exterior is executed in red-figure technique. Side A shows, between the eyes, a helmeted hoplitodromos with a shield decorated with a raven device. Side B shows a crouching, helmeted hoplite between two eyes with a shield decorated with a horse device . Around the handles are large closed palmettes. Added red is used for the inner circles of the irises and the pupils of the eyes.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 510 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Dimensions
H: 13.20 cm D: 31.70 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AE.240
Image Source
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)