Attic Black-Figure Kylix

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  • Size

    11cm(H) x 28cm(W) / 4"(H) x 11"(W)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    The Kylix has a museum type repair, recomposed from fragments, there is minor restoration for a few small pieces; the exposed band around the centre has been touched up to give a more natural look.

  • Full Description

    Attic Black-Figure Kylix connected with Elbow's Out Painter

    c. 540 BC

    Dark-tan clay with applied black-figure decoration consisting on one side of four draped males standing on either side of large swan with spread wings flanked on both sides by a palmette connected to the handles by tendril and on the other side by three draped males standing either side of swan; reddish-black gloss band above and below and over footring; black gloss over interior with reserved tondo and band around rim.

    A good example of a classic type.

    Provenance: M Willborg, Stockholm, Christies, King St., London.

    Published: K.Vahanen, En Studie av 4 Kleinmeisterschalen, Stockholm Universtiy, 1976, no.1.