Vases Red-figure Kylix Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

Red-figure Makron · Kylix · 480–470 B.C.
Fragment of a cup. Interior: meander pattern for the tondo border; symposium, a man reclines to left against a pillow with broad stripes. He wears a himation, has a wreath around his head, and holds up a skyphos in the palm of his left hand; his right arm is outstretched. Exterior: the lower legs of three seated males are preserved; the first figure, seated to right on a stool, faces another figure who has a knotty stick. Both wear long drapery. The third figure faces to left and sits on a stool with a striped cushion that overhangs the back (only the toes of his left foot, his right heel, and stick are preserved).
Shape
Technique
Date
480–470 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
85.AE.478.1
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