Komast Cup

The Komastenschale stands at the beginning of the development of Attic drinking cups.

Shells were a transfer from the Levantine art. Komastenschalen were a further development of the acquired from the Levant dishes which were particularly common in Ionia and Corinth. As in the rest of the vase painting of the time, the Attic artists based on the works of Corinth. The almost semi- circular shape with contrasting lip and the low, one to two cm high feet is an Attic development. The inside of the bowls is black, only a small tongrundiger strip below the lip was left. Foot and the outer sides of the handle are also black. A line adorns the lip, a second line separating the handle zone and the edge, both of which were left tongrundig. The first specimens were quite large, over the production period, the dishes were smaller.

The most important painters of the Komastenschalen can be found in the so-called Komasten group with the KX- painter as the most important representatives. It is named after the representations on the Komastenschalen, the Komasten. This representation is based closely on the Etruscan vase painting.