Terracotta kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
Obverse and reverse, komasts (revelers)
The black-figure technique was introduced into Athens from Corinth at the end of the seventh century B.C. During the early sixth century, Attic cup painters favored Corinthian motifs, like these dancing revelers. Indeed, the Komast cup is the earliest canonical type of Attic black-figure kylix.
The black-figure technique was introduced into Athens from Corinth at the end of the seventh century B.C. During the early sixth century, Attic cup painters favored Corinthian motifs, like these dancing revelers. Indeed, the Komast cup is the earliest canonical type of Attic black-figure kylix.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the manner of the KX Painter
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of New York 22.139.22
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 580–570 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
diameter 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.139.22
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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