Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

490–480 BCE

Not on view

Interior, draped male with right arm extended, holding a phiale over an altar; part of an inscription, H[O PA]IS [K]ALO[S]; Exterior, on the largest fragment; bit of thigh, calf, and foot of male to left; part of round shield? and knee and calf of warrior; lower back, buttocks, and legs of male to left; round shield, and left calf and foot of warrior to left; a second fragment depicts the buttocks and right leg and foot of a male to left and a bit of the left thigh and right leg and foot of a male to right; handle root; one rim fragment has the hand, neck, left shoulder and round shield of a helmeted warrior to left; a second rim fragment has part of a round shield; part of foot

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Colmar Painter [DvB]
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: 2011.604.1.6564a–e
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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