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Source Description
This cup shows a variation of the motif of the female head: the woman is an Amazon and she wears a dotted Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath. The outside of the cup is decorated with figures of a naked youth and a seated woman, with palmettes in between.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35502
label
Kylix with Head of an Amazon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
35502
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kylix with Head of an Amazon
description
This cup shows a variation of the motif of the female head: the woman is an Amazon and she wears a dotted Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath. The outside of the cup is decorated with figures of a naked youth and a seated woman, with palmettes in between.
provenance
Ariadne Galleries, Inc., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikesville, MD, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
date
late 4th century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
kylikes
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.4
height
21
dimensionsRaw
2 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (5.4 x 21 cm) (h. x max. width)
Source extras
med
terracotta, wheel made; red figure
creator_ids
33562
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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ee36a80ea117e212
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no
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no
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2
type
photo
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a6c47c4104ffc141
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no
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no