Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos

The Antiphon Painter

-485–-475

Medium: Red-figure
Dimensions: Fragment A, greatest dim.: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.) Fragment B, greatest dim.: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Genre: Fragment
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

Styles

red-figure

Tags

Greek

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Side A: Komos. Midsection of youth in three-quarter view to left, cloak spread out behind (possibly over right shoulder and held out in left hand). Near the rim, lower lip and chin with draped shoulders of youth to right, right arm outstretched holding large skyphos in palm of hand, head thrown back in song. Full relief contours; preliminary sketch; dilte glaze musculature. Lip reserved inside and out. Fragment A (torso): thickness at top 0.3 cm, thickness at bottom 0.4 cm. Fragment B (rim): thickness at rim 0.2 cm, thickness at bottom 0.3 cm.

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