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Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes

Black-figure Shoe Lane Painter · Kylix · 600s–500s BCE, with modern painting and incision

This vessel began as an authentic drinking cup in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Originally bearing no figural decoration, it was given new handles and animal friezes in a style recalling that of ancient Corinthian artists. The modern decorator was prolific enough that scholars have recognized their hand, coining the name “Shoe Lane Painter” after a street in Athens where many such vases were sold.

Shape

Kylix

Technique

Black-figure

Date

600s–500s BCE, with modern painting and incision

Culture

Greek, Corinthian

Painter

Shoe Lane Painter

Attribution

Attributed