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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Figure)
Oltos
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Interior: a Maenad running to the right, while looking back with her right arm outstretched behind her. She wears a chiton; a spotted panther skin is draped over her shoulders, its paws knotted at her neck. In her left hand she holds a thyrsos (with added red) at waist level. A tondo border is visible to the far left. The start of the stem on the underside is preserved.
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Details
- Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Figure)
- Creator: Oltos
- Date Created: about 520–510 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 2.6 cm (1 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.304
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Oltos (Greek (Attic), active about 525 - 500 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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