Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, satyr cooking
Although satyr iconography tends to focus on the specific pursuits of Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs occasionally are cast in human roles. The satyr's meal is contained in a skyphos (deep drinking cup) that stands on a support of indeterminate shape. With the stick in his left hand, he seems to be stoking a fire beneath the support.
Although satyr iconography tends to focus on the specific pursuits of Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs occasionally are cast in human roles. The satyr's meal is contained in a skyphos (deep drinking cup) that stands on a support of indeterminate shape. With the stick in his left hand, he seems to be stoking a fire beneath the support.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Euaion Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: Diam.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.177
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Euaion Painter
ca. 470 BCE
Euaion Painter
ca. 470 BCE
Euaion Painter
ca. 470 BCE
Euaion Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE
Euaion Painter
ca. 460 BCE
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