Currently not on view
Kylix (cup) depicting a kneeling archer,
ca. 490 BCE
attributed to the Pithos Painter
Greek, Attic
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
2015-11
Information
Title
Kylix (cup) depicting a kneeling archer
Dates
ca. 490 BCE
Maker
attributed to the Pithos Painter
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
7.9 x diam. 15.7 cm (3 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robin F. Beningson and Joseph A. Coplin
Object Number
2015-11
Place Made
Attica, Greece
Inscription
In the field at the right, written in red letters: KALOS ["handsome"]
Culture
Period
By 1955, with Wright S. Luddington, Santa Barbara, CA; from 1955 to 1999, with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (inv. 1955.3.7); from 1999-2005, with the collection of Steve Gavel; from 2005 - 2015, with Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, NY; purchased for the Museum in 2015
- M. A. del Chiaro, The collection of Greek and Roman antiquities in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, (Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1962), no. V-6
- J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure \Vase-painters, 2nd ed., (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963)., p. 994
- M. A. del Chiaro, "Classical vases in Santa Barbara," American journal of archaeology 68, no. 2 (Apr., 1964): p. 107-112., p. 110; pl. 33; figs. 11-12
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Antiquities and Islamic works of art: auction: Friday, December 10, 1999, (New York: Sotheby's, 1999).
, no. 280 -
Antiquities: Wednesday 8 June 2005, (New York: Christie's, 2005).
, no. 88 - Robin F. Beningson, Joseph A. Coplin and Olga Poloukhine, Ancient treasures VI, (New York, New York: Antiquarium, Ltd., 2008)., p. 20-21
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2015," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 75/76 (2016-17): 102-125., p. 113
