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Source Description
This skyphos (large drinking cup) depicts a dancer and a komast (drunken reveler). The dancer lunges to the right with extended arms, while the komast stands in profile holding a skyphos. These scenes of festivity are fitting for this vessel, which was associated with the symposium (men's drinking party). This particular piece bears evidence of ancient repairs: several copper-alloy clamps-some now broken-were used to join the pieces of the damaged vessel, indicating the value of the skyphos to the owner even after it had lost its function of holding liquid.
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Document identity
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29016
label
Skyphos with Dancer and Komast
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Source metadata
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title
Skyphos with Dancer and Komast
description
This skyphos (large drinking cup) depicts a dancer and a komast (drunken reveler). The dancer lunges to the right with extended arms, while the komast stands in profile holding a skyphos. These scenes of festivity are fitting for this vessel, which was associated with the symposium (men's drinking party). This particular piece bears evidence of ancient repairs: several copper-alloy clamps-some now broken-were used to join the pieces of the damaged vessel, indicating the value of the skyphos to the owner even after it had lost its function of holding liquid.
provenance
Sale XVI, Basel, June 30, 1956, no. 132; Paul I. Ilton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Paul I. Ilton Collection Sale, Hans M. F. Schulman, New York, November 21, 1959, no. 637; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.
date
ca. 475-450 BCE (Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
skyphoi
cups
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.9
height
27.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/2 x Diam: 10 13/16 in. (13.9 x 27.5 cm) with handles; Diam. at mouth: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); Diam. at foot: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
inscriptions
[Transcription
Greek] KAΛOΣ
med
terracotta, wheel made; red figure. Repaired with copper alloy
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6452
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none
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