Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, part of figure seated on his legs, with his left hand resting on his upper left thigh; in field, wineskin bearing an inscription, …LIN?; Exterior, on the ground, legs of a fallen male; scabbard; lower torso, genitals and legs of male to right; tree with drapery hanging on the branches; right half of handle and part of handle patch; in the field, scabbard; right calf and foot of male to right; a second fragment depicts on the far left, part of helmet to left?; branches with leaves; left half of handle with part of handle patch; drapery?; rim fragment with unidentified subject; fragment with part of branch?
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments 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
- Object Number: 2011.604.1.6468a–d
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
Attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group
ca. 540–530 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
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