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

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Black-figure the Workshop of the "Bird-frieze Painter" · Kylix · 560-550 BCE
<p>This handle area of this drinking cup is decorated, on both sides, with a bird with its head turned back (red dots on the neck), which is flanked by griffin-birds with raised wings (red necks). There is no decoration below the animal frieze. There is no decoration inside.</p>
Shape
Technique
Date
560-550 BCE
Culture
Corinth
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, black-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1914.1019
Image Source
chicago_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)