Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Hegesiboulos Painter|Hegesiboulos

ca. 500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, foreigner with his dog Exterior, obverse, symposium (drinking party); reverse, komos (revel) In technique and execution, this cup represents the kind of enterprising and accomplished artist who flourished in Athens during the late sixth and early fifth centuries B.C. The technique is red-figure enhanced by a coral-red slip, a short-lived experiment. The decoration is exceptional for the trenchant observation that underlies the spirited rendering. The man on the interior is often identified as Levantine. His physiognomy would have been as outlandish to an Athenian as the appearance of his dog.

Artist

Hegesiboulos Painter|Hegesiboulos

Date

ca. 500 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907