Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)

Painter of Boston C.A.

ca. 560–550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, satyr pursuing maenad Exterior, palmette-lotos chain While nonfigural motifs often frame or emphasize a specific zone or subject, they can also serve as the primary decoration. In this respect, it is useful to compare the role of ornament in architecture. The alternating stylized palmettes and lotos flowers represent a combination that later becomes standard on the necks of neck-amphorae.

Artist

Painter of Boston C.A.

Date

ca. 560–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912