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Kylix (fragments); Attributed to the Splanchnopt Painter; ca. 460-450 BCE; 225.17

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleKylix (fragments)

About this objectA kylix is a wide shallow drinking cup. This one has been broken into several pieces. The cup is decorated in red figure style, with the background being filled in with a black slip.

The inner tondo image is of a man and a youth wearing cloaks or himations. The man leans on a staff. The figures are encircled by a pattern of meanders and chequered boxes. Under the handles are lotus palmettes and spirals.

Figures also decorated the outer walls of the cup, but aside from a man leaning on a staff, there are not enough remnants to make out the rest.

MakerAttributed to the Splanchnopt Painter

Maker RoleArtist

Date Madeca. 460-450 BCE

PeriodEarly Classical

Medium and MaterialsCeramic: Pottery

Style and IconographyRed-figure

Style and IconographyAttic

TechniqueThrowing (pottery technique)

TechniqueSlip trailing (relief line)

Measurements1. Handle: 78 x 90 x 13mm
2. Tondo: 102 x 142 x 16mm
3. Shoulder: 58 x 91 x 4mm
4. Lip: 21 x 48 x 4mm
5. Lip: 20 x 26 x 3mm

Subject and Association KeywordsFigurative art

Subject and Association KeywordsDrinking vessels

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineDonated by Associate Professor Anne Mackay, 2017.

Object TypeContainers

Object number225.17