Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, on exergue, bearded male wearing a himation, with a staff resting in the fold of his left arm, with his left hand holding a flower, facing a filleted youth wearing a himation, whose right arm is raised, and whose left hand holds a lyre; behind the bearded male on the left, in the field, a sponge?; part of an inscription, [K]ALOS; Obverse, handle palmettes and tendrils; lower bodies of two draped males to right, wearing himatia; part of a draped male wearing a himation, with a stick; feet and bit of himation of male to left; handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, right buttock and leg and left foot of a draped male to right; left buttock and leg and right foot of a male with a himation; feet of a male to right; lower drapery and feet of two males to left; a rim fragment that belongs, but does not join, depicts, on the left, drapery; on the right, head, neck, shoulders, and part of upper torso of a filleted youth with his bent right arm raised, wearing a himation; part of an inscription, HO P[AIS KALOS]
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 500–480 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: 2011.604.1.7022
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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