kylix
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.5
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured kylix. Imperfectly fired. Designs black on white ground (interior red), with incised lines, and accessories of white and purple, the former faded. Interior, in a medallion: Gorgoneion, with protruding tongue, curls, and a fringe of hair round the chin.
Exterior: (a) In the centre is Apollo Citharoedos to right, beardless, with long hair, fillet, long purple chiton, and himation, playing with a plectrum on the chelys. Facing him is Artemis, with long hair, mitra, long purple chiton and diploidion, quiver at back, bow in right hand. Behind Apollo is Leto to right, with long hair, fillet, long purple chiton, and himation, holding out wreath in left hand. On either side, eyes, black with a purple and white ring. In the field, branches.
(b) Similar design; Apollo has a plain chiton and striped himation, Artemis a striped chiton; Leto has no wreath in left hand.
Under each handle a Siren to right looking back, with long hair.
- Production date
- 520BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 227 millimetres
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Height: 85 millimetres
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Weight: 490 grammes
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Width: 290 millimetres
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Depth: 227 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 43.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.5
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C 82 (Crossed out)
