Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Below the rim, an egg pattern with dots in the interstices; circumscribed palmette with an elongated central frond; male bending to right, with a himation, holding the foreleg of an animal (sheep?) in his right hand; head and part of upper torso of a draped male to left; above the head of the draped male to right, part of an inscription, KALO; in between the two youths, S; above the head of the youth to left, three letters of an inscription
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 450–440 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: 2011.604.2.1339
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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