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Source Description
Reassembled from 34 fragments, this cup bears ancient decoration that has been made more legible through modern repainting and re-incising, or re-scratching, of the internal details of figures and rosettes. Because they are irreversible and potentially misleading, such modern interventions are no longer seen as acceptable; when sold in 1922, the cup was described as “repaired,” albeit without additional explanation.
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Document identity
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104992
label
Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women
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104992
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object
title
Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women
description
Reassembled from 34 fragments, this cup bears ancient decoration that has been made more legible through modern repainting and re-incising, or re-scratching, of the internal details of figures and rosettes. Because they are irreversible and potentially misleading, such modern interventions are no longer seen as acceptable; when sold in 1922, the cup was described as “repaired,” albeit without additional explanation.
date
c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising
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CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79516220
creators
377491
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); Overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
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Greek, Corinthian
accession
1923.221
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tec
ceramic
tombstone
Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women, c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising. Attributed to Patras Painter (Greek, Middle Corinthian). Ceramic; diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1923.221
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
The Patras Painter specialized in decorating drinking cups, often with chains of women.
citations
citation
The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page_number
#495
citation
Anderson Galleries, Inc. <em>Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Indian, Chinese and European Collections of Vladimir Simkhovitch</em>. Sales Catalog, 12-14 January 1922.
page_number
p. 31, lot 255.
citation
Amyx, Darrell A. <em>Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period</em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
page_number
p. 188, AP4
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:39:34.487000
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104992
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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gender unknown
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