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Wine Cup (Kylix)

Wine Cup (Kylix)

The Rider Painter

The decorated interior of this wine cup shows a dense concentration of floral and geometric elements; in the outer band is a chain of lotus buds.
Artist
The Rider Painter
(Greek, Laconian, active ca. 570-535 B.C.E.)
Title
Wine Cup (Kylix)
Date
ca. 550-530 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with black-figure decoration
Dimensions
4 5/8 x 9 11/16 in. overall
Credit
Fairchild Foundation Fund and Elvehjem Museum of Art General Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
1975.6
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

Sold 14 March 1975, at Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. (Basel, Switzerland) auction "Kunstwerke der Antike" [sale 52, lot 113] to Bruce McNall of Numismatics Fine Arts (Encino, CA), acting as an agent for the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 2017-2018]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 46, no. 27
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1974-1975." Madison, WI Elvehjem Art Center, 1976. p. 38

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