Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
At the left, tendrils; legs and chlamys of a male to right; flute case and glottokomeion; male to right, with his himation draped over his forearms and around his back, holding a staff in his left hand; palmette and tendrils; below the figures, a meander pattern
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
- Period: Late Archaic
- Date: 490–480 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: 2011.604.2.1241
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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