Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Greek, Attic, red-figure, ca. 515-510 B.C. Signed by Euxitheos as potter and Oltos as painter, Interior, running warrior, Exterior, obverse, assembly of gods on Mount Olympos; reverse, Dionysos mounting chariot among satyrs and maenads, D. 52 cm. Lent by the Republic of Italy, 2008 (L.2008.1.1). Photo: Direzione Generale per i Beni Archaeologici, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.

NEW YORK.-As a result of the agreement negotiated by Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art , and the Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years. Supplementing the Laconian drinking cup already on loan (since November 2006), the three additional pieces – a jug in the shape of a young woman’s head (end of sixth century B.C.); a cup signed by the potter Euxitheos and the painter Oltos, depicting the assembly of gods on Mount Olympos (515-510 B.C.); and a vase of the fourth century B.C. showing Oedipus solving the riddle of the sphinx – will go on view among related works in the Museum’s Greek and Roman Galleries on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. These loans come to the Met in exchange for the return of the Euphronios krater to Italy.
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Terracotta vase in the form of a woman’s head, Greek, Attic, red-figure, white ground, ca. 500-490 B.C. Signed by Charinos as potter, Attributed to the Charino Class of Head Vases, H. 21 cm. Lent by the Republic of Italy, 2008 (L.2008.1.2). Photo: Direzione Generale per i Beni Archaeologici, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.