Terracotta fragments of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
Interior, toes of right foot and part of greaved left calf of warrior; one letter of an inscription, A; Exterior of largest fragment, left foot and bent right leg of male; lower corner of eye with tear duct; rim fragment with bit of calf of male?; rim fragment with wreathed youth holding a staff in his right hand and a skyphos in his left; part of eye from eye-cup; part of an inscription, HO P[AIS KALOS]; fragment with genitals and bent legs of male to left, holding a diskos; on the diskos, four letters of an inscription, below the diskos, and above the left calf of male, one letter of an inscription, O; fragment with hand and bent knee of male; part of an inscription, PA[IS]; rim fragment with hair of figure
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: late 6th century/early 5th century
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure or bilingual
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.1.5852a–e
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
3rd or 4th century BCE (?)
Attributed to Elbows Out
ca. 550–525 BCE
ca. 7th century BCE
On loan to The Met
Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
ca. 490–470 BCE
Greek or Italic
4th–1st century BCE
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