CIRCA 520-510 B.C.

On each side of the exterior of this cup is a pair of warriors in combat between eyes. Each wears a corselet over a tunic, with a spear and Corinthian helmet, with the warrior to the right in a high-crested variant.

Eye-cups were popular during the Archaic period in both black- and red-figure and frequently depict multiple figures between the eyes and other figures flanking and/or beneath the handles, as here. For a related Type A cup, also unattributed, see the example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 39 in G.M.A. Richter, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, fasc. 2, Attic Black-figured Kylikes.