Etruscan (Faliscan) red-figure kylix; repaired from numerous fragments, some restoration; foot and handles missing; I, Apollo and Marsyas: the Challenge; maeander and checked squares around tondo; A-B, athletes and woman; at handle-zone, palmette complexes; full use of relief lines inside, none outside.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Orvieto
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Faliscan
Collector:
Arthur L. Frothingham
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Apollo (Greek and Roman diety) and Marsyas (Greek mythic figure)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kylikes and Women (female humans)
Production date:
4th century BC
Accession date:
February 4, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 25.5 centimeters