Caption

Kylix depicting youths at play, Thalia Painter 520–510 BC. A: three naked youths; B: two youths with spears, one with a rhyton. Palmettes at the vices, lotus buds under the vices. At the bottom, a leaning, naked youth. Sport in antiquity iconography. Greek ceramics; Attica; vessel kylix. Weight 1.030 kg. Date: 510–500 BC previous dating c. 520 BC. Thalia Painter fl. 520–510 BC., A shallow curved ceramic vessel fragment with a black background and orange figures and decorative motifs, showing a partial scene of three nude human figures in orange with black detailing positioned along the rim, each in different dynamic poses and one holding a curved object, flanked by large stylized orange palmette motifs with swirling elements on either side; the surface shows visible cracks and areas of wear where the orange slip is chipped, and the vessel has two short black handles extending outward from the lower edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_341

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42.8Mb (2.0Mb) / 20.0in x 8.3in / 6000 x 2493 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kylix depicting youths play Thalia Painter 520–510 BC A three naked youths B two youths spears rhyton Palmettes vices lotus buds under bottom leaning naked youth Sport antiquity iconography Greek ceramics Attica vessel kylix Weight 1.030 kg Date 510–500 BC previous dating c 520 Bc Thalia Painter fl 520–510 Bc shallow curved ceramic vessel fragment black background orange figures decorative motifs showing partial scene three nude human figures orange black detailing positioned rim different dynamic poses holding curved object flanked large stylized palmette motifs swirling elements side surface visible cracks areas wear orange slip chipped vessel two short black handles extending outward lower edges.