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Maker(s):	Dokimasia Painter, attributed to
Culture:	Greek
Title:	Cup (Kylix)
Date Made:	BCE 500 – 475 BCE (Late Archaic Period)
Type:	Ceramic
Materials:	Ceramic, red-figure technique
Place Made:	Europe; Greece; Athens
Measurements:	Overall: 4 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 10.8 cm x 29.5 cm x 21.6 cm
Accession Number:	AC 1962.74
Credit Line:	Museum purchase
Museum Collection:	Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Label Text:
Both preserved scenes on this wine cup reveal aspects of musical training, a key element in an aristocratic Athenian’s general education. On the cup’s exterior, a youth holding out a lyre sits to the left of a Doric column, a shorthand indication of an indoor or sheltered location. Two young students practice their instruments in front of him: one tunes a lyre and one plays an aulos, a double-reeded wind instrument. Two animal-skin cases for the instruments hang on the wall. Inside the cup is a youth with a lyre, as well as a sponge and scraper—utensils associated with the gymnasium, where both body and mind were trained in ancient Greece.
PR, 2013

Tags:
drinking; utensils; design; narrative

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