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Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Cage Painter
Youth using an oinochoe (wine jug, in his right hand) to draw wine from a crater, in order to fill a kylix (shallow cup, in his left hand). His nudity show that he is serving as cup-bearer in a symposium, or banquet. Kalos inscription. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup, ca. 490/480 BC.
Dimensions H. 9 cm (3 ½ in.), Diam. 24 cm (9 ¼ in.), W. 31 cm (12 in.)
Credit line Campana Collection, 1861
Accession number G 133
Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, Campana Gallery, room 43
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
Ancient Greece
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