Detail of a Terracotta Kylix Attributed to Onesimos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to Onesimos

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 490 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) diameter 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

Accession Number: 1989.281.71

Description:

Interior, groom with horse

It is rare in black-figure to find representations of a man and a horse as intimate as this one. A black groom is in the process of currying the horse tethered to the perforated fixture at the right of the tondo. On the wall hangs a whisk broom. The horse is restive; the young man rests his arm decisively on its back and goes about his business

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