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Black-Figure Kylix
Hunt Painterabout 540 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A snarling lion decorates the interior of this Lakonian black‑figure kylix or cup. The placement of the lion's body, with its head turned back and its paw raised, serves to animate the creature and also represents the painter's attempt to find a creative way to fill the cup's circular interior. Simple rays, banding, and palmettes at the handles decorate the cup's exterior
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Details
- Title: Black-Figure Kylix
- Creator: Hunt Painter
- Date Created: about 540 B.C.
- Location Created: Sparta, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 8.8 × 17 × 11.7 cm (3 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 4 5/8 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.51
- Culture: Greek (Lakonian)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Attributed to Hunt Painter (Greek (Lakonian), active 565 - 530 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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