Terracotta kylix: hybrid Siana lip-cup (drinking cup)
Interior, Herakles fighting an Amazon
Exterior, obverse and reverse, three chariots
This cup is distinguished by its rich decoration and by the sensitivity with which the composition is applied to the shape. On the interior, Herakles' opponent is identifiable as a woman by the white pigment that indicates her flesh. The chariots on the exterior have been described as racing, but it is equally possible that they are advancing in a procession.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, three chariots
This cup is distinguished by its rich decoration and by the sensitivity with which the composition is applied to the shape. On the interior, Herakles' opponent is identifiable as a woman by the white pigment that indicates her flesh. The chariots on the exterior have been described as racing, but it is equally possible that they are advancing in a procession.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: hybrid Siana lip-cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to an artist related to the C Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
diameter 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.234.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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C Painter
ca. 575 BCE
Hieron
Makron
ca. 480 BCE
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
4th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
Greek, Attic
mid-4th century BCE
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