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Attic Red-Figure Kylix

Attic Red-Figure Kylix

Red-figure Dokimasia Painter · Kylix · about 510 B.C.
The interior of this reconstructed kylix is decorated with a fluting bearded reveler (double pipes) to left within a meander border.
Exterior: A, three nude youths. From left, youth with krotala and staff; second youth with a staff, urinating into a banded water jar; a third youth with a skyphos and a staff. Between the second and third figures, a waste basin (?skafion), which was occasionally used as a urinal.
Exterior: B, two youths and a bearded male. From left, bearded and balding man leaning on staff and gesturing as though to vomit. He wears a swath of drapery as does the youth cavorting to the right with a staff and skyphos. A third figure (nude youth) dances. To his right, a staff and a basket.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 510 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
D: 33.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
82.AE.121
Image Source
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)