Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

500–480 BCE
Not on view
Interior, feet of standing figure to right; seated male to left, wearing a himation; Exterior, lower body of a draped male to right, holding a netted bag in his left hand facing a draped male holding a stick or staff in his left hand; genitals and legs of a youth to left, with a himation; bearded male wearing a himation, with his right arm bent, and his left hand holding a staff; wreathed, draped youth holding a lyre in his left hand; lower body of a draped male with a stick or staff

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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: 2011.604.1.7349
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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