Vases Black-figure Kyathos
Kyathos

Kyathos

Black-figure The Micali Painter · 525-500 B.C.
Early Black Figure, metal influence. Outside: Principal design, a row of human-headed birds walking to left. Above them, a chevron pattern and short cross-bars along the edge. On the edge of the cup are two knobs, one on either side of the handle. On the handle: a large bird and two dolphins. Details incised, no colors. Interior: Black, around the lip short vertical lines; below these a herring bone pattern. Repaired, base restored
Technique
Period
Archaic Period
Date
525-500 B.C.
Culture
Italic, Etruscan
Medium
Ceramic, Black Figure
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
13.92
Image Source
boston_mfa
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)