Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Exterior, reclining, filleted youth, resting against a cushion, wearing a himation draped around his bent left arm and upper torso; in the field part of a flute case with the glottokomeion; reclining, filleted youth, with a staff, resting against a cushion, with a himation draped around his left shoulder, and lower body, and his right hand resting on top of his right knee; above, hanging on the wall, a basket and a kylix; left hand of handle and part of handle patch; a second fragment depicts a bit of the himation of a draped reclining youth resting against a cushion, a second reclining, draped youth, rests against a cushion and plays kottabos with his right hand; and a third reclining, filleted youth, rests against a cushion, with a himation draped around his bent left arm and lower body, and holds a skyphos in his left hand; a third fragment depicts a bit of the himation of a male reclining against a cushion, and the upper torso and left hand of a second draped male reclining against a cushion
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Late Archaic/Early Classical
- Date: 490–470 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: 2011.604.1.6725a–c
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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