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Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater
Creator
SyriskosPainter
All works by this person →Syriskos worked as a vase-painter and potter in Athens in the 470s and 460s B.C. The vases by Syriskos include a variety of shapes and even some unusual ones. As a vase-painter, he worked mainly in the red-figure technique, but he occasionally painted white-ground vases. He painted scenes of myth and everyday life in a fairly conventional style. As with other artists who both potted and painted, S
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- about 470–460 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 268aec87-89b1-4118-a5bf-f233bc4bb128
From the Getty Museum record
On the front (side A), Ge sits on an elaborate chair with her feet resting on a foot stool. At her left is her son, the Titan Okeanos. On the right Dionysos, a small leopard at his feet. On the reverse (side B), Themis stands with her right foot facing the viewer and her left foot pointing right holding a phiale in her right hand. Balos, seated on a plain stool, reaches out to receive the phiale. On the other side of Themis is Ephaphos. Incorporates fragment 96.AE.335.1.
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