Kylix (drinking cup); Inside: Two Revelers; Outside: A Procession of Revelers
Artist: The Foundry Painter (Greek)
Date: about 490-480 BCE
Dimensions:
H. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); Diam of lip 11 5/16 in (28.8 cm); Diam. with handles 14 9/16 in. (37 cm); Diam. of foot 4 11/16 in. (12 cm)
Medium: Red Figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware
Place of Origin: Greek, Attic
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1964.126
Label Text:The scenes on this cup show revelers (komasts) at the end of a symposium or party. A symposium was an important social activity in ancient Athens and participation was limited to aristocratic males. Wine was mixed with water in a vessel called a krater to a strength determined by the host of the symposium. Besides drinking, poetry was sung, games were played, political alliances were formed, and personal relationships started. After several kraters of wine, the end of the party was marked with a rowdy parade (called a komos) through the streets.
The Foundry Painter, the anonymous Athenian artist who painted this cup, was given his modern name from an important kylix painted by him, today in Berlin, which shows workers in a foundry casting bronze statues.
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The Foundry Painter, the anonymous Athenian artist who painted this cup, was given his modern name from an important kylix painted by him, today in Berlin, which shows workers in a foundry casting bronze statues.
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