Detail of a Kylix with Two Nude Women in the Tondo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to Douris

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 470 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923

Accession Number: 23.160.54

Description:

Interior, two women with their garments
Exterior, obverse and reverse, women and youths

Though later in date, this scene has the same directness and charm as that of the woman at a laver (1986.322.1). Here, two women, nude except for the fillets binding their hair, put aside their carefully rolled-up garments. The exterior shows women and youths in conversation. It is difficult, and perhaps unnecessary, to characterize the situation precisely. Douris liked to depict such encounters.

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