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Kylix

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Plain rim; low, wide bowl; rounded, P-shaped handle(s) below rim; low, concave stem; disc base. Red clay; diluted brown to black glaze. Interior painted except reserved tondo on floor centre with Athena throwing her spear, surrounded by two narrow bands; reserved band on inside of rim; outside of handle(s) painted; on both sides of body Hermes leading a procession of two figures and another figure driving a quadriga; behind the scene an ivy branch; one ivy leaf beneath each handle; base line below figures and two bands; lower body, stem and base painted; base edge and band on bottom reserved.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Kylix
Description:
Plain rim; low, wide bowl; rounded, P-shaped handle(s) below rim; low, concave stem; disc base.
Red clay; diluted brown to black glaze.
Interior painted except reserved tondo on floor centre with Athena throwing her spear, surrounded by two narrow bands; reserved band on inside of rim; outside of handle(s) painted; on both sides of body Hermes leading a procession of two figures and another figure driving a quadriga; behind the scene an ivy branch; one ivy leaf beneath each handle; base line below figures and two bands; lower body, stem and base painted; base edge and band on bottom reserved.

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