Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, head, neck, and part of upper torso of a filleted youth with a himation draped over his left shoulder and bent left arm; filleted youth with himation draped around left shoulder, bent left arm and lower body, with his right hand in the center of his chest; five letters of an inscription; Obverse, in field, strap of aryballos and strigil; wreathed youth with shod feet, with right hand on hip, leaning on a stick, with himation draped over his left shoulder, bent left arm, and wrapped around his waist and lower body; in field, aryballos and strigil; wreathed youth wearing a himation; wreathed youth with shod feet, with his right hand on hip and his back seen in three-quarter view, leaning on a stick, with his himation draped across his back, around his bent left arm, and his lower body; lower legs of a draped male; Reverse, bent left arm seen under the himation of a draped male to left; in between obverse and reverse, five circumscribed palmettes and part of handle patch
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment 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: 2011.604.1.6737
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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