Kylix depicting youths at play, Thalia Painter fl. 520–510 BC; scene: A: three naked youths; B: two youths with spears, one holding a rhyton; at the bottom, a leaning naked youth. Decoration includes palmettes at the vices and lotus buds under the vices. Greek ceramic vessel kylix, Attica; dated 510–500 BC previous dating c. 520 BC. Weight 1.030 kg., A shallow, wide bowl with two horizontal handles sits on a low pedestal; the bowl's interior and exterior surfaces show a dark, almost black finish interrupted by a network of lighter, tan-colored cracks and repaired lines, and the rim, handles, and foot display exposed tan areas where the dark surface is worn. The handles are elongated and curved with dark outer surfaces and tan-colored inner faces, and the pedestal foot is dark with tan edges and a visible patch of lighter tone. The interior shows a smooth dark field with irregular tan fissures, while the exterior includes silhouettes and partial figures in the tan color against the dark...
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Kylix depicting youths at play, Thalia Painter fl. 520–510 BC; scene: A: three naked youths; B: two youths with spears, one holding a rhyton; at the bottom, a leaning naked youth. Decoration includes palmettes at the vices and lotus buds under the vices. Greek ceramic vessel kylix, Attica; dated 510–500 BC previous dating c. 520 BC. Weight 1.030 kg., A shallow, wide bowl with two horizontal handles sits on a low pedestal; the bowl's interior and exterior surfaces show a dark, almost black finish interrupted by a network of lighter, tan-colored cracks and repaired lines, and the rim, handles, and foot display exposed tan areas where the dark surface is worn. The handles are elongated and curved with dark outer surfaces and tan-colored inner faces, and the pedestal foot is dark with tan edges and a visible patch of lighter tone. The interior shows a smooth dark field with irregular tan fissures, while the exterior includes silhouettes and partial figures in the tan color against the dark background. The overall colors visible are black, tan, and hints of brown.

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Kylix depicting youths play Thalia Painter fl 520–510 Bc scene A three naked youths B two youths spears holding rhyton bottom leaning naked youth Decoration includes palmettes vices lotus buds under Greek ceramic vessel kylix Attica dated 510–500 BC previous dating c 520 Bc Weight 1.030 kg shallow wide bowl two horizontal handles sits low pedestal bowl's interior exterior surfaces dark almost black finish interrupted network lighter tan-colored cracks repaired lines rim handles foot display exposed tan areas dark surface worn elongated curved dark outer surfaces tan-colored inner faces pedestal foot tan edges visible patch lighter tone interior smooth field irregular tan fissures exterior silhouettes partial figures tan color dark background colors visible black hints brown.

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