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Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

mid-5th century BCE

Not on view

Interior, male to right, wearing an fox skin cap and a chlamys, holding a spear in his right hand; warrior to left, wearing a chitoniskos and gaiters, with a shield in his left hand, and a spear in his right; Exterior, profiled ring foot; resting surface and inner foot of wall are glazed; the decoration of the underside of the floor is glazed, with an inner convex band bordered by chamfered edges; the central circle is reserved and inside there is a thin black glaze ring, and a smaller black circle with a dot in the middle

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Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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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

Accession Number: 2011.604.1.8452

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