s5633

ARTIST: The Painter of the Burgon Sianas (attributed)

TITLE OF WORK: Black-figured kylix (drinking-cup) possibly showing a scene from the "Attic Thesmophoria"

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta pottery, black-figure vase

DATE: -555

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 26.67 cm diameter

COMMENTS: Posibly found in Rhodes. Attic Thesmophoria, a fertility dance celebrated by the wives of Athenian citizens. On the other side of the vase is a representation of ritual ploughing. Demeter is the veile

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Athens