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Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

490–480 BCE

Not on view

Interior, extended arm, calves, and feet, with left leg raised, of capering male, with a himation; one letter of an inscription, H; Obverse, capering youth with arms extended and right leg raised; part of upper torso, right arm, right buttock, and right leg of male holding his himation in his right hand; on the ground, a skyphos; left calf and foot and right knee of male to left; left foot of another figure; part of an inscription, H[O] PA[IS KALOS]; Reverse, hand holding a skyphos; head, upper torso, in three-quarter view, and legs of a filleted youth with his left hand on his head, and his right arm extended behind him; complete handle with handle patch

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Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Period: Late Archaic

Date: 490–480 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

Accession Number: 2011.604.1.6366

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