An Attic red-figure kylix
An Attic red-figure kylix
Attributed to the Pistoxenos Painter, circa 470-460 B.C.
The tondo with an equestrian figure, the youthful rider wearing a bordered chlamys fastened at his shoulder, with a broad brimmed petasos hanging behind, holding the reigns of his prancing horse, who is glancing back at him, set within a meander border, the exterior with a central maenad on both sides, one seated, one standing, holding a thyrsos and flanked by cavorting satyrs, palmettes beneath the handles, 30cm diam. inc. handles
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An Attic red-figure kylix
Attributed to the Pistoxenos Painter, circa 470-460 B.C.
The tondo with an equestrian figure, the youthful rider wearing a bordered chlamys fastened at his shoulder, with a broad brimmed petasos hanging behind, holding the reigns of his prancing horse, who is glancing back at him, set within a meander border, the exterior with a central maenad on both sides, one seated, one standing, holding a thyrsos and flanked by cavorting satyrs, palmettes beneath the handles, 30cm diam. inc. handles