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Attic Red-Figure Kylix

Dokimasia Painterabout 510 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The interior of this reconstructed kylix is decorated with a fluting bearded reveler (double pipes) to left within a meander border.
Exterior: A, three nude youths. From left, youth with krotala and staff; second youth with a staff, urinating into a banded water jar; a third youth with a skyphos and a staff. Between the second and third figures, a waste basin (?skafion), which was occasionally used as a urinal.
Exterior: B, two youths and a bearded male. From left, bearded and balding man leaning on staff and gesturing as though to vomit. He wears a swath of drapery as does the youth cavorting to the right with a staff and skyphos. A third figure (nude youth) dances. To his right, a staff and a basket.

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  • Title: Attic Red-Figure Kylix
  • Creator: Dokimasia Painter
  • Date Created: about 510 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 33 cm (13 in.)
  • Type: Cup
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 82.AE.121
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to Dokimasia Painter (Greek (Attic))
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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