Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

Creator

Oltos

Painter

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As a vase-painter in Athens in the period from about 525 to 500 B.C., Oltos worked in red-figure in the early days of the technique. He also produced several bilingual cups with red-figure decoration on the exterior and black-figure on the interior, a type that was popular in this period. Although Oltos specialized in the decoration of cups, he produced a range of other shapes as well. Scholars ha

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Date
about 520–510 B.C.
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Department
Vessels
Institution
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Interior: a Maenad running to the right, while looking back with her right arm outstretched behind her. She wears a chiton; a spotted panther skin is draped over her shoulders, its paws knotted at her neck. In her left hand she holds a thyrsos (with added red) at waist level. A tondo border is visible to the far left. The start of the stem on the underside is preserved.

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