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Black-figure Kylix, (cup) with Animals

Black-figure Kylix, (cup) with Animals

550 - 525 B.C.

Xenokles

Greek, active 560-530 B.C.

Greek, Attica

Ceramic
4 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (11.2 x 21 cm)
Diam.: 5 7/8 in.
Gift of the Norman and Amelia Davis Classical Collection
59.100
Provenance: Philadelphia art market; [Hesperia Art]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (funds from Norman and Amelia Davis), June 15, 1959
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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).

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