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Kylix

Kylix

Kylix · 330–310 B.C.
Standard kylix shape with red figure decoration. Exterior shows single frieze with a tendril chain and small circles. Bowl and foot entirely black except for foot edge and underside. Tondo features a head of a youth with short curly hair which overlaps with the tondo frame at the top. His ear, somewhat irregular and perhaps a satyr's ear, is drawn simply. Profile eye is large; mouth line turns down. Large reserved leaf-shaped gadroon echoes tondo curve before his nose.
Shape
Date
330–310 B.C.
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
H: 7.40 cm W: 25.40 cm D: 18.80 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AE.288
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)