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Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos

Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos

active ca. 500 -475 BCE

The Antiphon Painter

Greek

Side A: Komos. Midsection of youth in three-quarter view to left, cloak spread out behind (possibly over right shoulder and held out in left hand). Near the rim, lower lip and chin with draped shoulders of youth to right, right arm outstretched holding large skyphos in palm of hand, head thrown back in song. Full relief contours; preliminary sketch; dilte glaze musculature. Lip reserved inside and out. Fragment A (torso): thickness at top 0.3 cm, thickness at bottom 0.4 cm. Fragment B (rim): thickness at rim 0.2 cm, thickness at bottom 0.3 cm.

Terracotta

Classical period, Early

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