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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.142
Title
Black-figure Kylix: Figure Running to Right
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291738

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
sight: 19.05 x 48.26 cm (7 1/2 x 19 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #331862

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of E. P. Warren
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.142
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
In the interior tondo, a simply rendered youth runs to the right holding a wine skin.

On one side, the figure of a bearded Dionysos seated on a rock holding a drinking horn appears three times accompanied by two satyrs. All face right, except for the rightmost Dionysos, whose body faces right but his head is turned back over his shoulder. In the center, a woman, possibly Dionysos’ consort Ariadne, whose face is done in faded white paint, sits on a stool facing left. Except for the satyrs, all figures’ clothing is decorated with white dots. The background is decorated with vines.

On the other side, a Dionysiac parade proceeds to the right. Two satyrs riding donkeys frame the scene on either side. In the center, Dionysos rides a donkey and turns his head over his shoulder. He is accompanied on either side by running satyrs, arms lifted into the air either as greeting or in dance. The background is decorated with vines.

Publication History

  • J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vases, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, England, 1956), 639.94. (with wrong acc. no.)

Verification Level

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