Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Kylix

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Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Kylix

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Epiktetos painted vases in Athens in the period from about 520 to 490 B.C. He worked in red-figure in the early days of the technique, but 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. Epiktetos specialized in the decoration of cups, but he produced a range of other shapes as well. Schola

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

The interior of this fragmentary kylix is decorated with the partially preserved upper body and head of a bearded man facing left as he drinks from an oinochoe which he has just dipped into the krater before him.

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