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Attic Black-Figure Segment Cup Fragment

Date

about 510–500 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Composed of eight fragments, preserving the bottom of the cup's bowl and its foot. Between the bowl and foot, a red fillet. The exterior of the cup is black, as is the sloping surface of the underside of the foot. The exposed bottom of the bowl is reserved. Interior: seated man and standing kithara-player. The scene probably covered the entire surface, and a third figure might have been depicted at right. The man at left (part of his head, torso, arms and legs preserved) sits on a block. His legs are wrapped with a himation, and he holds a knobbly stick. The kitharode stands to the right (head, right shoulder and lower legs missing; only the soundbox of the kithara is preserved). He wears a finely-pleated chiton with a decorated neckline and a himation. He holds a plektron that is attached to the soundbox by a cord. A patterned sash hangs from the kithara’s soundbox. Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).

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