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Detail: Interior
Drinking cup (kylix) with satyrs and maenads
Greek
Classical Period
450-440 BC
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Width between Handles: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Width between Handles: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number13.84
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 102.
DescriptionInterior of Drinking Cup: A youth stoops over leaning on a walking stick to talk to a seated woman who holds two fruits (?) or possibly two round objects for juggling? At the left is a kalathos (wool basket) with a spindle sticking in it.Early fine style. A scene typical for a number of vases in this period that feature scenes of women seated with wool baskets and their servants.
Interior: a youth standing to right, talking to a woman seated in front of him.
Exterior: Satyrs and Maenads playing. They carry thyrsi, wine-skins, and one satyr has a rhyton. Repaired and partially painted over.
Interior: a youth standing to right, talking to a woman seated in front of him.
Exterior: Satyrs and Maenads playing. They carry thyrsi, wine-skins, and one satyr has a rhyton. Repaired and partially painted over.