Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, youth with himation draped over left shoulder, leaning on a stick, with his right hand on hip and his left hand over a laver; to the left, a rock; Obverse, sandals in field, two youths at a goal post, the one on the left wears a himation, the one on the right is nude, behind him a youth with himation, whose right arm is extended; he is holding a stick in his right hand; Reverse, sandals in field, youth with himation, leaning on a stick, youth scraping his left forearm with a strigil, aryballos in field, goal post, youth with himation and stick
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of London E 80 [DvB]
- Period: Classical
- Date: second quarter 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: .a: 2 × 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (5.1 × 29.8 × 23 cm)
.b: 15/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8 in. (2.4 × 5.9 × 0.4 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.1.387a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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