Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Not on view

Interior, draped figure with right hand on hip; filleted youth, wearing a himation; Exterior, handle, handle palmettes, and tendrils; lower drapery of a male to right, leaning on a stick; end of a stick; a rim fragment depicts the lower body of a draped male to right and a filleted youth wearing a himation and shoes, looking over his right shoulder; handle palmette and tendril; a third fragment has a bit of a draped figure (male?) and a palmette; a fourth fragment has part of a palmette; on the underside of the foot, a graffito, AT

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Classical
Date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: Height: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Object Number: 2011.604.1.7125a–d
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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