Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

500–480 BCE

Not on view

Interior of larger fragment, head, left shoulder, and extended left arm of wreathed woman? drinking from skyphos; part of an inscription, [PAN]AITIOS K[ALOS; the interior of the smaller fragment has part of a flute case with the glottokomeion and a knee?; Exterior of the larger fragment, lower frontal torso, genitals, and bent legs of a woman reclining on the ground; right buttock and legs of a figure to left; right breast, lower frontal torso, bent right frontal leg behind frontal left foot and calf of woman reclining on the ground; Exterior of the smaller fragment depicts the hips, genitals, and part of the thighs of a reclining woman

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Archaic
Date: 500–480 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: 2011.604.1.6305a, b
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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