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Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment (Interior)
Class of Top-band Stemless Cups
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The fragment preserves the center of a stemless cup. On the interior, a gorgoneion with four dots (tilka) on the forehead. Added red for the pupils and tongue; white for the teeth.
The exterior of the bowl, the fillet and the topside of the foot are black. The side of the foot and the resting surface are reserved. On the underside of the foot, the sloping surface is black, while the exposed bottom of the bowl is reserved.
Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).
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Details
- Title: Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment (Interior)
- Creator: Class of Top-band Stemless Cups
- Date Created: about 500 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 3.8 × 9.9 × 6.8 cm (1 1/2 × 3 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
- Type: Cup
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.AE.183
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Probably belongs to the Class of Top-band Stemless Cups (Greek (Athenian), active 510 - 490 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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