An Attic black-figure komast cup, attributed to the KY Painter

CIRCA 565 B.C.

细节

An Attic black-figure komast cup, attributed to the KY Painter
Circa 565 B.C.
The handles, foot and interior of cup glazed, reserved line around lip, black glazed circle in centre of foot and circle around its underside edge
A and B: The subject is the same on both sides, two padded dancers facing each other, to the left a youthful figure, to the right an older bearded male figure holding rhyton in raised right hand, rosettes incised in the field and around the off-set lip, below each handle an elaborate palmette above lotus joined by four spiralling tendrils, below the scene three fine horizontal lines, rays around the foot, added red for detail, (repaired from fragments, minor restoration to part of foot)
3in. (7.6cm.) high, 8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam. incl. handles

拍品专文

Cf. Brijder, no. 21 pl. 4c and pl. 65a; also Chicago, p.39 no. 24 which is also by the KY Painter. For a general discussion of the type see Brijder, particularly pls. 63-66 and Boardman ABV, p.18 and nos. 21-23. For the history of the shape, iconography and discussion of the painter, see S.Burke and J.J. Pollitt, Greek Vases at Yale, Yale (1975), 22-24, no. 29