Kylix with Mask of Dionysus and Gorgon's Head Medallion

Group of Walters 48.42 (Greek, active ca. 520-500 BCE) (Artist)

530-520 BCE (Archaic)

terracotta, wheel made; black figure
(Ancient Greece )

This kylix displays a mask of Dionysus on each side of the exterior, flanked by eyes. The medallion on the interior displays a gorgon's head.

Provenance

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/27/1987	Treatment	x-ray

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Geographies

Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 13/16 × W with handles: 14 7/8 × Diam: 12 3/16 in. (9.7 × 37.8 × 30.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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48.42

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