Detail of a Kylix- Siana Cup Attributed to the C Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018

Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)

Attributed to the C Painter

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 575 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions: H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
diameter 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase, 1901

Accession Number: 01.8.6

Interior, gorgon
Exterior, obverse, Achilles pursuing Troilos and Polyxena; reverse, horsemen

The C(orinthianizing) Painter takes his name from the strong influence of Corinthian vase-painting on his style. He particularly favored the Siana cup, which afforded him an ample, regularly shaped surface over which to deploy mythological narratives. The C Painter has chosen a later moment in the Troilos story than the Painter of London B 76. The hare and bird emphasize the speed of Achilles' pursuit.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246931