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A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

about 480 BCE

Attributed to the Manner of Douris (painter) Greek; Athens

Athens

This small, delicate drinking cup is undecorated except for the interior, depicting Artemis, goddess of the hunt, within the tondo, or circular field. A quiver on her back, she holds a bow and two arrows in her left hand, and in her right hand she extends a torch. An inscription added in dark red that runs from in front of her to behind her head states that one Hippodamas is handsome.

terracotta, red-figure

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Drinking and Dining