Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.38
Title: Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 470-460 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period: Classical period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292565

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta; fine reddish clay with greenish-black paint
Technique: Red-figure
Dimensions: h. 7.4 x diam. 19.2 cm (2 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Joseph Clark Hoppin, purchased in Athens, 1897; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #13321

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.38
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Side A: nude youth to right with chlamys thrown over both shoulders, threatening with a knobbed stick. Side B: a nude youth similarly attired who holds a stick in his left and extends his right as if to ward off the blow. Hair outline reserved. Under and at the side of the junction of the handles sloral palmette. Covered with superb lustrous greenish-black glaze. Intact and in perfect condition.

Verification Level

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