Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

560-550 BCE

Attributed to the Workshop of the “Bird-frieze Painter”
Greek; Corinth

This handle area of this drinking cup is decorated, on both sides, with a bird with its head turned back (red dots on the neck), which is flanked by griffin-birds with raised wings (red necks). There is no decoration below the animal frieze. There is no decoration inside.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Kylix (Drinking Cup)
Place: Corinth (Object found in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 560 BCE–550 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Dimensions: 7 × 22.9 × 17.5 cm (2 3/4 × 9 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Alfred Emerson
Reference Number: 1914.1019
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Alfred Emerson (1859-1943), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1914.

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