Attic Red Figure Kylix
When the cup is rotated so that the shoulder drapery folds are vertical the youth tilts drunkenly backwards.
Attic red figure kylix. Attic red figure kylix ca. Berlin foundry cup a red figure kylix from the early 5th century bc. In the louvre paris. Its most striking feature is the exterior depiction of activities in an athenian bronze workshop or foundry.
In the british museum london. It is the name vase of the attic vase painter known conventionally as the foundry painter. It is an important source on ancient greek metal working technology. In athenian aristocratic circles in the archaic period older men often courted youths.
The interior shows music and revelry. Courtesy of the trustees of the british museum greek kylix depicting the sack of troy sack of troy detail of the brygos cup a kylix decorated by the brygos painter c. 8 5 x 28 cm 3 3 8 x 11 in external link. Attic red figure kylix by epictetus showing heracles slaying busiris c.
132k on the exterior six party goers sing and dance 215k by the foundry painter and the potter brygos probably from vulci italy ms 2445.