Kylix (eye cup)

Museum number:
8-15
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080000015
Accession number:
Acc.21
Description:
Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Somzee Collection
Collection place:
Barletta, Apulia, Southern Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Barletta; Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
May 20, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kylikes and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
December 13, 1901
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-15, described as Italic black-figure eye-cup; three fragments broken off from rim and repaired, some repainting on side B; bilingual: tondo in red-figure; exterior in black-figure, without incision; I, youth, in himation, with cup in r. hand, semi-reclining on couch to left, playing kottabos dog below couch; meander around tondo; A, between eyes, youth in himation standing to right, looking back; B, between eyes, woman standing to right (her head almost completely lost); at handles, sparse branches. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

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