Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup) (c. 480 BCE): Art, History and Details

Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup) (c. 480 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Although very similar to the ancient handle tip that it was used to replace, the drill holes in this fragment suggest that it was attached in modern times (before 1915). It was removed during an extensive conservation treatment in 1990.

Object facts

• Title: Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup)
• Date: c. 480 BCE
• Culture: Greece, Athens
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: ceramic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.)
• Collection: GR - Greek
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1915.718.b

A detail from the museum

Originally from a different kylix, this handle tip was used in a modern repair.

Collection credit

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
• Lee, Sherman E. "A Cup by Douris." American Journal of Archaeology 58, no. 3 (1954): 230, pll. 41-42.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

View the collection record

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