Eye Cup
c. 530 BCE
Description
Interior: Gorgoneion, drawn in outline, with irises and lips in added white, the tongue and hair in added red; Exterior: Quadripartite with two eye-areas and two handle-areas. In between each set of large eyes is a rudimentary nose. Between the eyebrows is a teardrop-shaped mark flanked by dots; another dot above the nose. The irises are painted white. Nude komasts flank each pair of eyes near the handles. All but one are beardless and all have red hair. Beneath each handle is an inverted lotus bud with dots. A rounded fillet separates the bowl of the kylix from its pedestalled foot. Condition: One piece of rim broken off and repaired; otherwise intact.
Dimensions
11.7 x 23 cm (4 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.) with handles: 11.7 x diam. 30.2 cm (4 5/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1897, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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