Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior (black-figure), two birds and snake
Exterior (red-figure), obverse, between eyes, Pegasos; reverse, between eyes, nose and the name Psiax
Several works by Psiax have inscriptions, and at least two identify him as painter. This is one of two cups on which hisname appears without a verb. Bilingual vases are particularly interesting because they juxtapose the old, black-figure, and the new, red-figure manner of decoration on the same piece.
Exterior (red-figure), obverse, between eyes, Pegasos; reverse, between eyes, nose and the name Psiax
Several works by Psiax have inscriptions, and at least two identify him as painter. This is one of two cups on which hisname appears without a verb. Bilingual vases are particularly interesting because they juxtapose the old, black-figure, and the new, red-figure manner of decoration on the same piece.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to Psiax
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 520 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; bilingual
- Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
diameter 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
- Object Number: 14.146.2
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Psiax
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Psiax
520–510 BCE
Psiax
530–500 BCE
Psiax
ca. 515 BCE
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Psiax
ca. 520 BCE
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