Ancient Art & Numismatics
An Exceptional and Important Attic Red-figure White-ground Kylix Attributed to the Villa Giullia Painter
Terracotta, Early Classical, ca. 470 B.C.E., Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter
Interior, goddess at altar.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, Eos pursuing Tithonos.
In this exquisite depiction, a goddess--identifiable by her scepter--stands by an altar to pour an offering from a phiale. Details such as the phiale and the figure's bracelets and necklace are rendered in added clay, which originally would have been gilded. It is likely that the vase was specially commissioned for dedication in a sanctuary.
(1979.11.15)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum card.
An Exceptional and Important Attic Red-figure White-ground Kylix Attributed to the Villa Giullia Painter
Terracotta, Early Classical, ca. 470 B.C.E., Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter
Interior, goddess at altar.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, Eos pursuing Tithonos.
In this exquisite depiction, a goddess--identifiable by her scepter--stands by an altar to pour an offering from a phiale. Details such as the phiale and the figure's bracelets and necklace are rendered in added clay, which originally would have been gilded. It is likely that the vase was specially commissioned for dedication in a sanctuary.
(1979.11.15)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum card.