Vases Red-figure Kylix Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson
Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson
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Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson

Red-figure 6754 · Kylix · ca. 470-460 BC (Classical)
<p>This red-figure kylix depicts a woman standing to the left in the tondo. She extends her right hand in which she holds a length of a wool that comes out of a kalathos on the ground before her. Behind on the upper right hangs a mirror. She wears a chiton, mantle, and fillet.On the front side are three youths in a music lesson. On the left, a youth sits to the right on a diphros holding a barbiton upright on his lap with his left hand and a plectron in the right which is attached to the instrument by a string. A bag hangs behind him. An older youth in the center sits frontally on a diphros, head to the left. In his outstretched right hand he has a staff, and in the left he holds a bag on his lap. Between them hangs a pair of sandals, one in profile, the other shown from the bottom. On the right another youth stands to the left, holding out a lyre in his right hand; a plectron hangs from a string attached to the lyre. All three wear a mantle and fillet.On the back three youths are again depicted in a music lesson. On the left, a youth playing auloi sits on a diphros in profile to the right. A pair of sandals hangs behind him as on the front. In the center another youth stands in profile to the left. A flute case and a bag hang between them. On the right, a third youth stands to the left holding out a lyre in his right hand; a plectron hangs from a string attached to it. All three wear mantle and fillet.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.93' rel='external'>Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Inscription
[Transcription; in the tondo to the left of the woman's head] ΗΟ ΠΑΙΣ [Translation] The boy[Transcription; in the front, running horizontally slightly below the rim] ΗΟ ΠΑΙΣ ΚΑΛΟ[Σ] [Translation] The beautiful boy [Transcription; on the back, running horizontally slightly below the rim] ΗΟ ΠΑΙΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ [Translation] The beautiful boy
Shape
Technique
Date
ca. 470-460 BC (Classical)
Culture
Greek
Painter
Dimensions
H: 9.90 cm W: 31.70 cm
Medium
terracotta
Museum
Walters Art Museum
Accession Number
48.93
Image Source
walters_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)