Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, knobby stick; kantharos with fillets or tassels?; part of a draped figure; a separate fragment shows, on the interior, a round object (fillet?) hanging on the wall; Exterior, one fragment has part of a draped male, wearing a chlamys?; a second fragment depicts the shoulder, elbow, and extended arm of a draped figure, with an eye on the garment; a third fragment shows part of the torso of a draped figure with a bent arm; three rim fragments have parts of circumscribed palmettes; another fragment depicts eight fronds of a palmette; one fragment has the handle root and part of a circumscribed palmette; one fragment has a bit of a circumscribed palmette and tendril; there is a fragment with the left half of a handle with part of the handle patch; there is a fragment with the right half of the handle and a bit of the handle patch
is the right half of the handle with a bit of the handle patch
is the right half of the handle with a bit of the handle patch
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Classical
- Date: mid-5th century 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: 2011.604.1.7981a–m
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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