Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 480 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm), Vases, Interior, flute-playing satyr and maenad, Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium. The exterior provides a particularly full illustration of the symposium (drinking party) and, especially, of its paraphernalia: a wreathed column-krater for mixing wine and water, a large skyphos for the relief of a sick symposiast, a lamp stand that also accommodates a ladle and strainer, and krotala (castanets) and a picnic basket suspended from the back wall
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Terracotta kylix, drinking cup, Classical, ca, 480 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 5 7/16, 13.8 cm, Vases, Interior, flute-playing satyr, maenad, Exterior, obverse, reverse, symposium, exterior provides, particularly full illustration, party, paraphernalia, wreathed column-krater, mixing wine, water, large skyphos, relief, sick symposiast, lamp stand, accommodates, ladle, strainer, krotala, castanets, picnic basket, suspended, back wall
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