Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)

Pheidippos

ca. 515–510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, black-figure, Dionysos, the god of wine Exterior, red-figure, between eyes, warrior, runner Eye-cups were decorated not only in the black-figure technique but also in red-figure and in the combination of the two known as bilingual. While contemporary black-figure and red-figure eye-cups share many features, the red-figure examples often have figures on the interior and rather sparse decoration on the exterior.

Artist

Pheidippos

Date

ca. 515–510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941