Kylix (drinking cup): Horse and Rider | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2007.104.1
Title: Kylix (drinking cup): Horse and Rider
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 525 BCE-475 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria
Period: Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture: Etruscan
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/175904

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Black-figure
Dimensions: 7.8 x 21 cm (3 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Dr. Herbert Cahn, Basel, March 1966, sold; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1966-2007), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museum, 2007.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2007
Object Number: 2007.104.1
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Buff fabric with lustrous black slip. Broad kylix with loop handles. Represented in the tondo is a nude man whipping the horse on which he is mounted, moving left. A paddle-shaped racecourse turning post is shown below horse.

Verification Level

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