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Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

mid-5th century BCE

Not on view

The larger fragment shows, a draped woman to right wearing a sakkos and himation; youth to right, looking over his right shoulder, with his himation draped over his left shoulder, and around his waist, left hand and lower body, with his right arm extended behind him, holding a staff in his right hand; part of a circumscribed palmette with a tendril and a lotus bud; start of the handle root; the second smaller fragment depicts, the head and part of the himation below the neck, of a woman to right, with a sakkos; youth to right, looking over his right shoulder, with a himation draped over his left shoulder and around his elbow and lower body, with his right arm extended behind him and his hand gesturing to the woman, with his left hand holding a staff; part of a circumscribed palmette with a tendril with a lotus bud; start of the handle root

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Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep 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: 2011.604.2.1250a, b

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