781
ATTIC RED-FIGURED CUP (KYLIX)
510-500 B.C.
Light tan-brown clay, semi-lustrous black gloss, thin red wash
on reserved areas. Shallow bowl of segmental form, outcurved rim; two
П-shaped handles with round cross-section applied horizontally
below rim, lifting up to rim level; stemmed foot with offset and
discoid base with thick rounded edge. Body and
foot black except for: inside handles, edge and resting area of foot, inside stem at center and
tondo. Tondo: Warrior kneeling to
left, looking back, nude, except for a kidaris (one flap hanging down
across his right shoulder). There is a pelta to his right and another uncertain round object below. It
has been suggested that it may be a discus (Moore M.M. The Athenian Agora,
Attic Red- Figured and White-ground Pottery, vol. XXX. Princeton, N.J.,
1997, cat. 1560). Reserved line for tondo border. Relief contour.
Manner of the Pithos Painter. Broken in ancient time. Mended. H. 3.1"(7.9 cm), D.
6.4"(16.3 cm).
See: Moore M.M. The Athenian Agora, Attic Red-
Figured and White-ground Pottery, vol. XXX. Princeton, N.J., 1997, cat.
1516, 1517, 1559,-60,-61; Beazley J.D. Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters,
2nd ed., Oxford,139,7-10; 140,53; 141,68; 1963.
$ 3000
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