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Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick

Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick

Red-figure Kylix · c. 470-460 BCE
Side A: nude youth to right with chlamys thrown over both shoulders, threatening with a knobbed stick. Side B: a nude youth similarly attired who holds a stick in his left and extends his right as if to ward off the blow. Hair outline reserved. Under and at the side of the junction of the handles sloral palmette. Covered with superb lustrous greenish-black glaze. Intact and in perfect condition.
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical period, Early
Date
c. 470-460 BCE
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
D: 48.77 cm
Medium
Terracotta; fine reddish clay with greenish-black paint
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1925.30.38
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)