Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
The location of this gathering in the gymnasium is indicated by the sponges and strigil (scraper) suspended in the background. The major action centers around the seated man holding a lyre and the youth to the right playing the double flute.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Signed by Hieron as potter
- Artist: Attributed to Makron
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: 5 3/16in. (13.2cm)
Other: 13in. (33cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.258.57
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Hieron
Makron
ca. 490 BCE
Hieron
500–480 BCE
Hieron
Makron
ca. 480 BCE
Hieron
Makron
ca. 480 BCE
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Hieron
Makron
ca. 490 BCE
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