Red-Figured Cup (Primary Title)

attributed to, Euaion Painter (Artist)

ca. 450 BC
Greek (Attic)
Ceramics
Containers-Vessels
terracotta
Greece,Attica
Overall: 4 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (12.38 × 40.01 × 31.75 cm)
62.1.4

The interior (tondo) of this vessel shows a woman pouring wine from a pitcher into a cup held by a seated man. The objects hanging above the man—an aryballos for holding oil and a strigil for scraping the skin—were used by athletes and, together with his chair, locate the scene in the interior of a building. An actual strigil and aryballos can be seen in the nearby display on ancient sport.



Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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