Eye cup: Kithara concert

Psiax (active ca. 525-ca. 510 BCE) (attributed to)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
ca. 520 BCE
Height:
11.2 cm  (4 7/16 in.)
Width:
33.6 cm  (13 1/4 in.)
Diameter of rim: 26 cm; diameter of foot: 10.2 cm; diameter of stem: 6.4 cm.
Technique / Medium:
red-figure terracotta

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1976.89]

Description

Three women dance. The middle one (placed between the eyes) dances and plays a kithara: a hand-strap for the right hand is clearly visible; her left hand appears to tune the instrument.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2202