Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

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A vase-painter in Athens from about 490 to 480 B.C., Makron worked exclusively in the red-figure technique. He specialized in the decoration of cups but occasionally worked with other types of vessels. Unlike many other vase-painters of this period, Makron does not seem to have worked with a variety of potters, moving from workshop to workshop. Instead, he appears to have had a steady collaboratio

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Date: about 490 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Fragmentary cup depicting on its exterior a unique scene of a female sword dance. The four dancers and large palm tree are irregularly preserved. The clothes and gestures of the dancers must have been almost identical. On the interior of the cup, a meander frieze encircles the tondo. A fragmentary figure on the tondo is also a dancer with sword in hand.

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