Cleveland Museum of Art

Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women

Patras Painter

Date

c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising

Medium

ceramic

Culture

Greek, Corinthian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Reassembled from 34 fragments, this cup bears ancient decoration that has been made more legible through modern repainting and re-incising, or re-scratching, of the internal details of figures and rosettes. Because they are irreversible and potentially misleading, such modern interventions are no longer seen as acceptable; when sold in 1922, the cup was described as “repaired,” albeit without additional explanation. The Patras Painter specialized in decorating drinking cups, often with chains of women.

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