Caption

Red-figure kylix with a bathing scene, the Boots Painter ca. 460 BC. Bath iconography; Greek ceramics. Physical description: goblet with slightly parted rim edges, shallow bowl, low stem, and flat foot. Vices have a round cross-section, slightly raised tops reaching the line of the rim. Conical bottom. Sleeve-shaped foot. Scene: Women wash at lutrions bowls on high bases, pass around folded garments, and one of them ties characteristic high boots. Technique: Thick, very good quality varnish, evenly distributed; smooth surface; traces of turning invisible, brush marks visible. Mixture: mica. Condition notes: Artifact glued from many fragments with visible conservation restorations; surface contaminated; visible secondary losses and chips; standing surface heavily worn. Attributed to Kamila Nocon; provenance/attribution notes: Attica Athens, Tarquinia Beazley 1928. Kylix; vessel. Dimensions: height 9.2 cm, width 29.8 cm, depth 22.8 cm, weight 0.53 kg., A shallow, wide ceramic bowl with a pedestal base and horizontal handles is shown; the bowl has a glossy black surface with worn and chipped areas revealing a tan clay underneath, and features a central round painted scene bordered by a decorative band in tan and black. The inner bowl and exterior show tan areas where the black slip has flaked, creating irregular patches and thin crack lines, and the pedestal and rim display similar worn tan spots. The handles are black on the outside and tan on the inside, and the painted figure in the central scene is rendered in tan against the black background with additional tan details around the bowl. The visible colors are black and tan.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_321

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Keywords

Red-figure kylix bathing scene Boots Painter ca 460 Bc Bath iconography Greek ceramics Physical description goblet slightly parted rim edges shallow bowl low stem flat foot Vices round cross-section raised tops reaching line rim Conical bottom Sleeve-shaped foot Scene Women wash lutrions bowls high bases pass folded garments them ties characteristic high boots Technique Thick good quality varnish evenly distributed smooth surface traces turning invisible brush marks visible Mixture mica Condition notes Artifact glued fragments visible conservation restorations surface contaminated visible secondary losses chips standing surface heavily worn Attributed Kamila Nocon provenance attribution notes Attica Athens Tarquinia Beazley 1928 Kylix vessel Dimensions height 9.2 cm width 29.8 cm depth 22.8 cm weight 0.53 kg shallow wide ceramic bowl pedestal base horizontal handles shown bowl glossy black surface worn chipped areas revealing tan clay underneath features central round painted scene bordered decorative band tan black inner bowl exterior tan areas black slip flaked creating irregular patches thin crack lines pedestal rim display worn tan spots handles outside inside painted figure central scene rendered black background additional tan details visible colors tan.