Vases Red-figure Kylix Skyphos (drinking cup): Running Youths
Skyphos (drinking cup): Running Youths
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Skyphos (drinking cup): Running Youths

Red-figure Kylix · c. 460 BCE
Badly broken and repaired. Side A: Youth running to right, wearing a chlamys, kothurnoi and petasos, a stone in his right, and his left arm outstretched, threatening. Side B: Youth similarly clad (without the kothurnoi) running to right and looking back, his right extended and holding a stick in his left. Under each handle and extending into the field elaborate floral palmette. Outline of hair reserved. Inferior black glaze.
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical period, Early
Date
c. 460 BCE
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 13.20 cm W: 16.40 cm
Medium
Terracotta; reddish clay with black paint
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1925.30.41
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)