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Black-figure kylix (vicup) with white ground: palmettes (exterior); bird (interior),
ca. 475–450 B.C.

Greek, Attic

y1988-7

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Title

Black-figure kylix (vicup) with white ground: palmettes (exterior); bird (interior)

Dates

ca. 475–450 B.C.

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

h. 7.5 cm, diam. 20.0 cm (2 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.) diam. of rim 14.0 cm, diam. with handles 20.0 cm, diam. of tondo 7.5 cm, diam. of foot 6.5 cm

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of Peter W. Josten and of Jonathan P. Rosen through the Joseph Rosen Foundation

Object Number

y1988-7

Place Made

Europe, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

Culture

Attic

Period

Black-figure

Type

kylikes, ceramics

Materials

wash, glaze, ceramic

Subject

running ornament, vines, birds, palmettes

Purchased from Robert Hecht, Jr. and Atlantis Antiquities, NYC, in 1988.

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Greek, Attic, Taranto, Apulia, Italy, ca. 475–450 B.C., Black-figure kylix (vicup) with white ground: palmettes (exterior); bird (interior). Ceramic; 7.5 x 20 cm. Museum purchase, gift of Peter W. Josten and of Jonathan P. Rosen through the Joseph Rosen Foundation (y1988-7) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/33211

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