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| Keywords: Paidikos - Kylix Depicting Men Bending Drinking from Kylix - Walters 482240 - Interior.jpg This red-figure kylix depicts a wreathed symposiast in the tondo He bends over to the right looking into a cup which he holds delicately by the foot in his right hand; the end of his beard disappears into the vessel In the left he holds an oinochoe which rests on the ground The pose of the figure is innovative and although komasts are frequently depicted in the tondo of archaic Attic red-figure cups none share this pose This is the only vase signed by Paidikos as painter ca 510 BC early Classical terracotta with handles cm 7 5 25 3 h x diam ; at mouth cm 19 4 diam ; at foot cm 7 8 diam accession number 48 2240 16250 Hesperia Art George Allen Philadelphia date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1963 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S and A P Fund 1963 Translation Paidikos painted this place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Paidikos Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Symposium scenes in ancient Greek pottery Komos scenes | ||||
