Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of Women
Patras Painter (Greek, Middle Corinthian)
c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
h. 8.8 cm · diam. 14.3 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1923.221
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
gender unknown
About this artwork
Reassembled from 34 fragments, this cup bears ancient decoration that has been made more legible through modern repainting and re-incising, or re-scratching, of the internal details of figures and rosettes. Because they are irreversible and potentially misleading, such modern interventions are no longer seen as acceptable; when sold in 1922, the cup was described as “repaired,” albeit without additional explanation.