Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, on the exergue, wreathed youth to right facing a draped woman to left, holding a sprig in her raised right hand; Obverse, lower legs of a youth to right, lower drapery and feet of a woman to left, part of the lower torso, left forearm and hand, and legs of a youth to left; Reverse, lower legs of a youth to right, lower drapery of a woman to left; lower legs of a youth to left; separating the obverse and reverse, handle palmettes with tendrils
Artwork Details
- Title:Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Period:Classical
- Date:mid-5th century BCE
- Culture:Greek, Attic
- Medium:Terracotta; red–figure
- Classification:Vases
- Credit Line:Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number:2011.604.1.3
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
mid-6th century BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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