Athenian red-figure kylix
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Athenian red-figure kylix with a soldier in ambush in its tondo

Athenian red-figure kylix (drinking cup) by the Andokides Painter

Classification
red-figure pottery; kylix
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
diameter: 21.5 cm
Date
ca. 520 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Andokides Painter
Iconography
maenad; male figure; Heracles?; chiton; mantle; sakkos; ribbon; skyphos, cotyle; ribbon; ivy leaf; szem; grapevine; Medusa-head
Production place
Athens
Findspot
Italy
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Haan, Antal (1827–1888); Gyula, Erkel Ferenc Museum
Inventory
51.28
ID
Hyp-52
Condition
Restored.
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 35, fig. 20; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 39–40, fig. 20; Boardman 1975, 21, fig. 5, 1–3; Szilágyi, J. Gy., in BullMusHong 120–121 (2015–2016), 75–76, fig. 9; Pécasse, in BullMusHong 72 (1990)

Herakles drinking, maenad. In the tondo: Gorgoneion. 

Trails
Greek art in motion from the Geometric to the Classical period
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