Caption

Red-figure kylix with a bathing scene, the Boots Painter ca. 460 BC. Bath iconography: women wash at lutrions bowls on high bases, pass around folded garments, and one ties characteristic high boots. Greek ceramics; Attica/Athens place of origin. 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. Technology: thick, very good quality varnish, evenly distributed; smooth surface; traces of turning invisible, brush marks visible; mixture: mica. Notes: glued from many fragments; visible conservation restorations; surface contaminated; visible secondary losses and chips; standing surface heavily worn. Kylix; vessel. Dimensions: height 9.2 cm, width 29.8 cm, depth 22.8 cm, weight 0.53 kg., A round ceramic dish with a glossy black surface and a group of pale orange painted figures and decorative bands at its center; the dish has two horizontal handles on opposite sides that show worn black and pale orange areas, and several visible cracks and repaired joins where pale orange ceramic shows through the black. The central decoration features a circular pale orange band with a geometric border enclosing a standing figure draped in a long garment, a pedestal-like object, and a vertical column, all rendered in pale orange against the black background, with some areas of the central scene chipped away showing the pale orange beneath. The overall color palette is black and pale orange with some lighter beige where the surface is broken.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_323

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80.7Mb (2.5Mb) / 20.0in x 15.7in / 6000 x 4701 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure kylix bathing scene Boots Painter ca 460 Bc Bath iconography women wash lutrions bowls high bases pass folded garments ties characteristic high boots Greek ceramics Attica Athens place origin 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 Technology thick good quality varnish evenly distributed smooth surface traces turning invisible brush marks visible mixture mica Notes glued fragments visible conservation restorations surface contaminated visible secondary losses chips standing surface heavily worn Kylix vessel Dimensions height 9.2 cm width 29.8 cm depth 22.8 cm weight 0.53 kg round ceramic dish glossy black surface group pale orange painted figures decorative bands center dish two horizontal handles opposite sides worn black pale orange areas several visible cracks repaired joins ceramic black central decoration features circular pale band geometric border enclosing standing figure draped long garment pedestal- object vertical column rendered black background central scene chipped away showing beneath color palette lighter beige broken.