ca. 510 B.C.
Greece
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Kylix, eye-cup
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumTerracotta
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SizeH. with handles 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm) H. of bowl 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm) diameter of bowl 13 1/8 in. (33.4 cm) diameter of foot 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
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Geography details
Greece -
Country today
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Dateca. 510 B.C.
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CultureGreek, Attic
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PeriodArchaic
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Interior, seated youth holding fruit (quinces?)
Exterior, obverse, flute girl peering into amphora (jar)
Reverse, flute girl holding cup of special shapeThe decoration of vases used in symposia (drinking party) draws liberally on the erotic aspects of these events. The flute girl on the obverse investigates a pointed amphora; her flute case dangles rather provocatively from one leg. Her counterpart on the other side raises a particularly unusual type of kylix.
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