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Technique

Bilingual

Period c. 530–510 BC

Collection 34 vases

Vases decorated with the same scene in both black-figure and red-figure technique, one on each side. These transitional pieces, created during the brief period when both techniques coexisted, are among the most revealing documents of artistic change in the ancient world.

34 examples

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Pheidippos · Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Oltos · Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Oltos · Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to Psiax · Kylix · ca. 520 BCE

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Attic Bilingual Cup Fragment

Kylix · about 520–500 B.C.

Attic Bilingual Eye Cup

Attic Bilingual Eye Cup

Pheidippos · Kylix · about 510 B.C.

Terracotta kylix: eye cup (drinking cup)

Terracotta kylix: eye cup (drinking cup)

Kylix · 515–510 BCE

Terracotta fragment of a bilingual? kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a bilingual? kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · late 6th century/early 5th century BCE

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · 520–500 BCE

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)