Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, lower body and legs of a draped male to left, holding a knobby stick with his left hand, and his right arm, which is behind his back, over a laver; in front of him, a block seat; Exterior, profiled unglazed ring foot; the resting surface is also unglazed, and has a graffito; the inner wall of the foot is glazed, although most of it is worn; the underside of the floor is in reserve and has a thin black glaze circle in the center, inside of which there is a smaller circle with a dot in the middle
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a stemless 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: 2011.604.1.8459
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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