AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED KYLIX IN SIX'S TECHNIQUE

CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED KYLIX IN SIX'S TECHNIQUE
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The tondo with a nude athlete carrying a wreath in his right hand, chlamys draped over his left arm, on each side of the exterior two himation clad youths, one holding a wreath, scrolling palmettes under the handles
9½ in. (24 cm.) diam. excl. handles

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with Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich.
Private collection, Switzerland; acquired 1976.

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This kylix is an example of the rare 'Six's technique', identified by the Dutch scholar Jan Six in 1888. Six's technique combines the use of incision characteristic of black-figure vase painting, with the red-figure technique's focus on brightly coloured individual figures against a dark lustrous background; the figures were painted in red over a black background with details incised so that the black showed through. It was a short-lived technique, lasting one generation, being less wear-proof and less easy to manage for the painter.

For similar, cf. J. M. Padgett, Vase-Painting in Italy: Red Figure and Related Works in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, pp.237-8, nos 157-8.