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Accession_Number

23.4.1

Shape

Kylix

Shape_description

Stemless. Groove separating slightly flaring rim from body. Handles curve slightly upwards from the top of the body. Another groove at join between body and foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/3

Decoration

Black inside, with 8 ivy leaves reserved on rim joined by a stem and with groups of white berries. At the base of the inside is a stamped pattern of 5 linked palmettes around a horse shoe pattern with ovules inside, and there are ovules around the outside between bands. Side A is a youth with discus and athlete holding aryballos and side B is an athlete and youth with a discus hanging on the wall. Below each handle is a group of three palmettes. Moulded ridge above foot, which is black all over. Base is reserved in centre with three black bands, two broad and one narrow.

Inscriptions

Condition

Handles and foot have been restored and repainted - modern. Incomplete as part of foot / base is missing. Paint chipped around rim and beginning to wear off on main design, especially on side B.

Technique/Style

Red figure; stamped

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

375-350

Dating_details

Artist

Q Painter

Attribution

Ure attributes this as a 'late work' of the Q Painter: JHS 64 (1944) 75 no.43

Image

2003.24.0001.jpg	Top view of an Attic stemless kylix, showing ivy spray on inner rim and stamped decoration of linked palmettes between two lots of ovules.
2003.24.0003.jpg	Side view of an Attic stemless kylix, showing handle and palmette decoration beneath.
2003.24.0005.jpg	Front view of an Attic stemless kylix, showing athlete and youth, a discus hanging on the wall.
2003.67.0001.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly below, of a stemless Attic kylix, showing handle with palmette decoration beneath, and broken footring.
2003.71.0007.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a stemless Attic kylix, showing handle with palmette decoration beneath, and broken footring.
2003.97.0671.jpg	Front view of Attic red figure kylix, showing youth and athlete on the front.
2003.97.0672.jpg	Back view of an Attic red figure kylix, showing that half of the footring is broken.
2003.97.0673.jpg	Top view of an Attic red figure kylix, showing ivy leaf pattern inside rim.