Drinking Cup (Kylix), with Woman, Bathers, Satyr, and Maenad
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureGreek, South Italy (Campania), Attic
Datec. 400 BCE
Mediumred-figure ware terracotta
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineUNC Art Department Collection
Object number58.11.1
DescriptionKylix. Outlines in black glaze except reserved hair contours. Dilute glaze accentuates draperies; relief lines for draperies and torsos, eye, eyebrow, and fillet of tondo figure; hands and faces of maenad and one bather; maenad’s thyrsos and satyr’s tail. Added white on maenad’s wreath, fillet, and earring, and bather’s fillet.Glaze in general lacks luster. Below ground line narrow reserved band with glazed line. Underside of foot has deep, reserved hollow encircled by two glazed lines. Irregular palmette and lotus ornament beneath handles.
On interior, a seated woman facing left holds a mirror in her extended right hand. She wears an earring, a fillet about her curly hair, and a mantle with heavy border over a chiton tied at the waist. The tondo is bordered by a leftward maeander with saltire squares every fourth element. On exterior, side A, a maenad holding a thyrsos faces left, wearing a chiton, mantle, wreath, and earring. A beardless nude satyr, with pug nose, pointed ears, and tail, holds a wreath (?) in his right hand toward the maenad. On side B, two young athletes, each wrapped in a mantle, face each other. The youth at left wears a white fillet and extends his right hand that holds a sponge on a string. The other youth holds a strigil in his right hand.
On View
On viewCollections
Unidentified artist
c. 306-281 BCE
Unidentified artist
306 - 281 BCE
