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Accession_Number

REDMG:1935.87.11

Shape

Kylix

Shape_description

The base is raised to provide a foot on which to support the weight of the cup.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

Exterior decorated with vertical black/brown bands. Both handles are coloured brown on the outer parts, but reserved inside. The base is decorated with a black band on its exterior. On the interior of the rim is a broad black band, then a red band. The design in the tondo shows two ears of grain on either side of a red rosebud on a stem (or a lotos, according to the authors of Corinth 15.3).

Inscriptions

Condition

Large chip missing from rim on one edge. Some gloss worn inside the cup where portions have flaked.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

450-425

Dating_details

Artist

Sam Wide Group

Attribution

Corinth 15.3, 369 and 370 n. 6: classed, along with similar miniatures, to a group of 'lotos kylikes', attributed to the workshop of the Sam Wide Painter.

Image

	Top view of a Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group), showing grain sheaves and a rosebud on the interior.
2003.15.0005.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group), showing grain sheaves and a rosebud on the interior.
2003.97.0094.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group), showing grain sheaves and a rosebud on the interior, showing the base.
2003.97.0095.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group), showing grain sheaves and a rosebud on the interior.
2003.97.0096.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group).
2003.97.0097.jpg	Oblique view of Corinthian kylix (of the Sam Wide Group), from above, showing vertical bands on the exterior and a rosebud on the interior.