Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Greek; AthensLinkedCulture matchlcp-96247048df89

Date
about 540-530 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-figure
Culture
Polis
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
87650

This is an example of the most popular type of wine cup in ancient Greece, the kylix. Rising from a round foot and a thin stem, the cup flares out to a wide bowl with two handles on opposite sides. In the decorative band around the lip of this cup, a human figure in Grecian dress is depicted in the company of a lion.

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Credit line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society
Provenance
Said to be from Arsinoe, Cyprus [according to van Branteghem catalogue, 1892]. Alphonse van Branteghem, Brussels; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 30-June 1, 1892, lot 14, to Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1907.

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AAT300193015

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