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Black-figure Kylix, (cup) with Animals
Black-figure Kylix, (cup) with Animals

Black-figure Kylix, (cup) with Animals

Date550 - 525 B.C.
Maker Xenokles Greek, active 560-530 B.C.
Object number59.100
ProvenancePhiladelphia art market; [Hesperia Art]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (funds from Norman and Amelia Davis), June 15, 1959
Published ReferencesAnnual Report, (1959) 3. The Art Quarterly, Autumn 1959, p. 272 Amyx, D.A., Xenokles in Seattle, in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 66, No. 3, Jul. 1962, pp. 229-232, pls. 57, 58, figs. 1, 3, 5 Mosely, Johnson, Koenig, Crafts Design (1962) p. 18, 303. KLSN Program Guide (June 1963), p. 7. Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (1971) 76. Bliquez, Lawrence J. Classical Vases and Containers in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1985; reproduced on cover. Bliquez, Lawrence. "Ancient Art of the Mediterranean and the Near East." In Selected Works, pp. 26-28. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1991; p. 28, reproduced (as Kylix).
Credit LineGift of the Norman and Amelia Davis Classical Collection
Dimensions4 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (11.2 x 21 cm) Diam.: 5 7/8 in.
MediumCeramic
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