Inv. n°: MMoCA786

Attic Red-Figured Kylix

A kylix was the most common type of wine-drinking cup in Ancient Greece. The tondo with a youth at a laver, standing in profile to the left, torso turned three-quarter frontal. With a voluminous himation draped over his right shoulder exposed. His arm extending forward with his hand above the laver.

ø 23.1 cm

c. 460 BC

Pottery

Provenance

  • Said to be found in Etruria, possibly Tarquinia
  • British government official, stationed in Italy, circa 1870
  • Thence by descent, private collection, England, circa 1923
  • Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 14th November 1966, lot 20
  • With Charles Ede, London, circa 1990
  • The property of Thomas C. Simiele, Ohio
  • Acquired at Christie's, Antiquities - Sale 2490, New York, 7th December 2011, lot 109

Publications

  • Beazley Archive Database, no. 276018
  • J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 427, no. 77bis
  • T. H. Carpenter, Beazley Addenda, Oxford, 1989, p. 300, no. 870.77bis
  • J.- L. Durand and F. Lissarrague, "Un Lieu d'Image?, L'espace du louterion", Hephaistos 2, 1990, p. 98, fig. 14

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2012

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