Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Briseis Painter
490–470 BCE
Not on view
Interior, on exergue, figure seated on a chair with a pelt or a cloth, wearing a chiton and himation; draped male wearing a chitoniskos and a himation, holding a scabbard in his left hand; Exterior, foot of a figure to right; lower drapery and feet of a woman?; end of a stick; seated, draped figure with feet on a footstool; part of a draped, winged figure with a striped sceptre; left half of handle root and part of handle patch; altar; part of a draped figure to right

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Briseis Painter [DvB]
  • 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: 2011.604.1.6895
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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