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Kylix

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Plain rim; wide, shallow bowl; raised handles at mid-body; fillet at top of stem; hollow stem; disc base. Red clay; black glaze; added white and red; incisions. Reserved medallion on floor centre containing a gorgoneion (Medusa) encircled by three narrow bands; the Gorgon’s pupils and tongue are red, the teeth white; reserved band on inside of rim; on body a large frieze on white ground: on both sides a dancing maenad holding castanets, between two large eyes with black, red and white pupils and black whites of the eyes; the eyes are flanked by two dancing satyrs; in the background a grape vine; a bird under each handle; one black band above the frieze and four narrow ones below; inside of handles reserved; reserved band on lower body; reserved fillet at top of stem; edge of base and underside reserved; inside of stem black.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Kylix
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Plain rim; wide, shallow bowl; raised handles at mid-body; fillet at top of stem; hollow stem; disc base.
Red clay; black glaze; added white and red; incisions.
Reserved medallion on floor centre containing a gorgoneion (Medusa) encircled by three narrow bands; the Gorgon’s pupils and tongue are red, the teeth white; reserved band on inside of rim; on body a large frieze on white ground: on both sides a dancing maenad holding castanets, between two large eyes with black, red and white pupils and black whites of the eyes; the eyes are flanked by two dancing satyrs; in the background a grape vine; a bird under each handle; one black band above the frieze and four narrow ones below; inside of handles reserved; reserved band on lower body; reserved fillet at top of stem; edge of base and underside reserved; inside of stem black.

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