Satyr pursuing maenad

Painter of Boston C. A. (active ca. 575-555 BCE) (attributed to)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
560-530 BCE
Height:
14.0 cm  (5 1/2 in.)
Diameter:
26.7 cm  (10 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta
School:
Attic

Additional titles

Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 12.234.3]

Description

A satyr and maenad dancing.
Interior, satyr pursuing maenad
Exterior, palmette-lotos chain

While nonfigural motifs often frame or emphasize a specific zone or subject, they can also serve as the primary decoration. In this respect, it is useful to compare the role of ornament in architecture. The alternating stylized palmettes and lotos flowers represent a combination that later becomes standard on the necks of neck-amphorae.

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3885