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Kylix (drinking cup); A. Between Eyes: Head of a Youthful Warrior; B. Between Eyes: Head of a Bearded Warrior

Kylix (drinking cup); A. Between Eyes: Head of a Youthful Warrior; B. Between Eyes: Head of a Bearded Warrior

Artist: Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes (Greek)
Date: about 520 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam (lip): 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Diam (with handles): 11 17/32 in. (29.3 cm); Diam (foot): 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Medium: Black Figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details; decoration: heads of a warrior and Ares, cocks and eyes
Place of Origin: Greek, from Attica
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1967.135
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