Greek; Athens
Stemless Kylix (Drinking Cup)
INV-0281
Greek; Athens460-450 BCE
Stemless Kylix (Drinking Cup)
Greek; Athens →greekancientdrinking vesselvessel
Date
460-450 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-glaze
Dimensions
6.5 × 31.4 × 22.2 cm (2 5/8 × 12 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
During the course of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., black vessels like this one (commonly called black-glaze vessels) were made with increasing frequency in both Greece and South Italy. Many of them replicate the shape of metal vessels, while others have detailing that is molded or incised. Regardless, they would have been less expensive than vessels decorated in other contemporary techniques, for example, in red-figure.
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