Gilt-Silver Kylix in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Gilt silver kylix

Period:Classical period

Date:late 5th century B.C.

Culture:Greek

Medium:Silver-gilt

Dimensions:
Diameter: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Width: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Height: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Other: 9.699oz. (274.993g)

Classification:Gold and Silver

Credit Line:Gift of Mary and Michael Jaharis, in honor of Thomas P. Campbell, 2015

Accession Number:2015.260.2

Description:

The hero Bellerophon rides Pegasos, the winged horse, as he battles the Chimaera, a mythical creature with the heads of a lion and goat and a tail in the form of a snake. According to legend, Bellerophon and Pegasos both hailed from the region around Corinth, and the myth of their battle with the Chimaera first appears in Greek art on Corinthian painted pottery of the eighth century B.C.

Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/646263