kylix;
eye-cup
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.65
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured kylix. Design, black on red ground, with accessories of white and purple.
Interior, in a medallion: Gorgoneion with curls, protruding tongue and teeth.
Exterior: (a) Bearded figure to right, with short white chiton and spear in right hand, riding on a hippalectryon, with a horse's head and forelegs joined to a cock's body, tail, and legs. On either side, eyes, white ground with black markings, and black pupil with a purple ring round it. (b) The same design. Under each handle, a lotus-flower inverted.
- Production date
- 520BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 21.30 centimetres
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Height: 8.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
For the hippolectryon, cf. a kylix by Xenocles, Berlin Cat. 1770.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.65
