Vases Red-figure Kylix Kylix (Drinking Cup)
Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Red-figure the manner of Douris · Kylix · about 480 BCE
This small, delicate drinking cup is undecorated except for the interior, depicting Artemis, goddess of the hunt, within the tondo, or circular field. A quiver on her back, she holds a bow and two arrows in her left hand, and in her right hand she extends a torch. An inscription added in dark red that runs from in front of her to behind her head states that one Hippodamas is handsome.
Inscription
Hippodamas Kalos "Hippodamas is handsome."
Shape
Technique
Date
about 480 BCE
Culture
Athens
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1907.323
Image Source
chicago_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)