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Attic Red-Figure Stemless Kylix
Creator
Marlay PainterPainter
All works by this person →The Marlay Group, a workshop of painters who decorated vases in the red-figure technique, appears to have had four main painters: the Marlay Painter, the Lid Painter, the Painter of Orvieto 1047, and the Fauvel Painter. They decorated both large and small vases, including many stemless cups, a shape popular in the later 400s B.C. Of the four, the Marlay Painter's work was the most distinctive. His
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- about 450–425 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta; ancient metal repair
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Reconstructed from fragments, the cup has an ancient repair in the foot. Inside the interior tondo, on the left, a draped, bearded male facing left and holding a spear faces a female wearing chiton, himation and headscarf. The exterior is covered with a lozenge pattern. Palmettes in silhouette fill the areas under the handles.
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