Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes, 600s-500s BC, with modern painting and incision. Attributed to Shoe Lane Painter (Greek, early-mid 1900s). Ceramic; overall: cm (2 7/8 in.). This vessel began as an authentic drinking cup in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Originally bearing no figural decoration, it was given new handles and animal friezes in a style recalling that of ancient Corinthian artists. The modern decorator was prolific enough that scholars have recognized their hand, coining the name “Shoe Lane Painter” after a street in Athens where many such vases were so
Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes, 600s-500s BC, with modern painting and incision. Attributed to Shoe Lane Painter (Greek, early-mid 1900s). Ceramic; overall: cm (2 7/8 in.). This vessel began as an authentic drinking cup in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Originally bearing no figural decoration, it was given new handles and animal friezes in a style recalling that of ancient Corinthian artists. The modern decorator was prolific enough that scholars have recognized their hand, coining the name “Shoe Lane Painter” after a street in Athens where many such vases were sold.
Size: 3400px × 2771px
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