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

Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment

Red-figure Foundry Painter · Kylix · about 480–470 B.C.
Interior. Komast (part of his face, right forearm, most of his left and his legs are missing), reclining on a couch. He hold a drinking cup (type B), and appears to clasp his knee with his right hand. He wears a kidaris and himation. In front of the couch, the upper right corner of the food table. A basket hangs in the background. Stopped meander pattern for tondo border.
Exterior: to the left of the handle zone, parts of two komasts: the left foot of one to left, and the lower legs and slippered feet of the second, to right. To the right of the handle, parts of three komasts. Each wears a himation and moves to the right. The first has a cane in his outstretched left hand; the third holds a pointed amphora, decorated with ivy.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 480–470 B.C.
Culture
Greek
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
H: 8.30 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.345.1
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)