Red figure Pottery Kylix 20cm,God Dionysus with dancing Satyrs

Enhance your decor with a Red figure Kylix from Ancient Greece. In the pottery in Ancient Greece kylix is the most common type of wine-drinking cup. It has a broad, relatively shallow, body raised on a stem from a foot and usually two horizontal handles disposed symmetrically. 

   Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 520 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC.It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within  a few decades. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background.

   The representations of this Red figure Kylix attributed to Brygos Painter, 480 BC. It is depicted God Dionysus with 2 dranked and Satyrs.

     Location of the original Kylix is in Paris in the Museum of Louvre

Net weight: 0,7 kgr(1,6lbr),  Height:10cm (3,9in) ,Diameter:21cm(8,19in)