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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to Douris
ca. 500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
Interior, woman at laver
Exterior, athletes

The interior presents a lovely picture of a young woman at a laver. By her feet stands the bail amphora in which water was carried. She has her hair in a sakkos (snood) and wears a chiton that shows off the painter's skill in drawing and handling dilute glaze. The skyphos (deep drinking cup) and wineskin on the wall subtly introduce the symposium at which this cup was used and in which the youths on the exterior would soon participate.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to Douris
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 500 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 4 7/16 in. (11.2 cm)
    width 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
    diameter 10 9/16 in. (26.9 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.322.1
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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