Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson

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.For the latest information about this object, Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.