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Drinking cup (kylix)

Red-figure Painter: Skythes · Kylix · 520–505 B.C.

Fragment of kylix center. A bearded and wreathed satyr pursuing a maenad, clad in a panther-skin. She raises her right hand to ward him off and holds a snake in her left hand. Inscribed, "Epilykos"

Shape

Kylix

Technique

Red-figure

Period

Late Archaic Period

Date

520–505 B.C.

Culture

Greek

Painter

Painter: Skythes

Dimensions

H: 38.61 cm

Medium

Ceramic, Red Figure

Findspot

Greece, Attica, Athens

Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Accession Number

10.201

Image Source

boston_mfa

Related Vases

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)