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3. An Attic Black Figure Kyathos, Possibly by the Caylus Painter, circa 500 B.C.

Decorated with a standing Dionysos with drinking horn and grapevine in the center with two pairs of dancing satyrs and maenads flanking. The painting enlivened with added white for the robe (chiton) of Dionysos and for the flesh of the maenads. The shape, a one-handled cup, is derived from an Etruscan form; this vase has very thin walls and a low ring foot. The decoration featuring the god of wine and his retinue is appropriate to the function of this vessel as a wine cup. Both the shape and the lively Dionysiac decoration were intended to appeal to Etruscan customers in Italy, where nearly all Kyathoi have been found. The present lot is possibly the Kyathos listed in J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena (Oxford 1971) 314, as Basel Market, Munzen and Medaillen A.G. 6" h. with handle.

Provenance: From a Fine Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio.

We are grateful to Dr. Jenifer Neils for her expertise and assistance in the research and cataloging of this lot.

1,500/2,500     SOLD: $1,092.50

Condition: restored from multiple fragments; repainted on both sides of the handle; one loose rim fragment.