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Fragment of a Kyathos [Formerly Museum No. 44.2]
Athenian Black-Figure, by the Group of Vatican G.57, late 6th century BC
Painted terracotta (no dimensions)
A satyr and part of a maenad. Vine branches
with grapes in the field. White for maenad’s flesh and leaves on
branches. Red for patch on maenad’s left shoulder. The satyr’s beard and
hair at the neck was once red, but this has disappeared, taking much of
the black glaze with it.
Literature: J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956), p. 612.26; Winchester College Memorial Buildings: Department of Classical Art (Winchester, 1909), p. 18 (no. 44.2)
Provenance: Unknown, at Winchester College by 1909, stolen from Winchester c. 1965
