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Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick

Kylix (drinking cup): Nude Youths with Mantle and Stick

Greek

Side A: nude youth to right with chlamys thrown over both shoulders, threatening with a knobbed stick. Side B: a nude youth similarly attired who holds a stick in his left and extends his right as if to ward off the blow. Hair outline reserved. Under and at the side of the junction of the handles sloral palmette. Covered with superb lustrous greenish-black glaze. Intact and in perfect condition.

Terracotta; fine reddish clay with greenish-black paint

Classical period, Early

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