Terracotta kylix: Droop cup (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Group of Rhodes 12264

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Exterior, obverse and reverse, Amazonomachy
At the handles, sphinxes

Named after the scholar J.P. Droop who first described the shape, Droop cups were produced between about 540 and 510 B.C. They are characterized by channeling at the top of the stem and, in particular, by the succession of friezes between the main figured zone and the rays at the base of the bowl.

Terracotta kylix: Droop cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Group of Rhodes 12264, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta kylix: Droop cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Group of Rhodes 12264, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: Droop cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Group of Rhodes 12264, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: Droop cup (drinking cup), Attributed to the Group of Rhodes 12264, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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