Kylix fragments
Inventory number
GL II.166
Artist
The Euergides Painter
Category
Vessel
Period
Archaic Period
Date
510-500 BC
Dimensions
Height: 0.083 m to 0.128 m
Length: 0.125 m to 0.245 m
Material
Clay
Location
First Floor Case 29, No 2
Fragments from a kylix decorated in the red-figure technique found in the Acropolis.
The interior of the vase was covered with shiny black glaze and bore an inscription from which only the first two letters from the vase-painter’s name EY[ΕΡΓΙΔΕΣ] have survived. The exterior depicts goddess Athena in a sculpting, vase-painting and metallurgy workshop. The simultaneous depiction of work, relating to the three characteristic crafts with the presence of Athena, is unique.
Athena is shown seated, wearing a wreath on her hair. She is clad with chiton and himation and holds an Attic-type helmet and shield, behind which three snakes decorating her aegis can be discerned. Her depiction has been sometimes interpreted as a bronze statue and other times as the goddess herself, who in her capacity as Athena Ergane oversees the craftsmanship.
To Athena’s left a seated vase-painter is depicted holding a long brush and painting a kylix that is placed on a potter’s wheel. In front of him a wreathed woman, might be giving him instructions with her outstretched right hand. It has also been suggested that she is a wingless Nike about to crown him with a wreath.
Behind the vase-painter two, partially preserved, naked craftsmen are occupying themselves with a horse statue. Only the horse’s legs and part of the neck can be seen, which is sporting a wreath. To Athena’s right a bronzesmith wearing a wreath on his head is sitting next to a furnace. He is holding tongs in his left hand so he can retract objects from the fire and a small hammer in his right. Next to him is an anvil for hammering the objects. His helper appears from behind the furnace holding a pair of bellows to fuel the fire with air. On the wall in the background an assortment of tools are hanging, as well as a craftsman hat, a pilos.
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