Vases Red-figure Kylix Kylix (drinking cup): Running Maenad
Kylix (drinking cup): Running Maenad

Kylix (drinking cup): Running Maenad

Red-figure Colmar Painter · Kylix · 500-470 BCE
Interior: Inside a meander border, a Maenad running to right but facing left. She is clad in an Ionic chiton with a himation draped over her left shoulder and wears a fillet in applied purple in her hair. In h er right hand she holds the krotala and in her left a thyrsos. At her right is a rock. Fine black glaze covering the entire vase except for the interior medallion and the edge of the foot. Broken, but nothing missing. One handle restored in paster.
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical period, Early
Date
500-470 BCE
Culture
Greek
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
D: 25.40 cm
Medium
Terracotta; reddish clay with fine black glaze
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1925.30.128
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)