Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup

460–450 BCE
Not on view
Interior, bearded satyr bending to right, over a laver, with his right arm bent and his left hand inside the laver; on the exterior of the laver, an inscription, KA[LOS?]; Exterior, the underside of the cup has an area of black glaze, which has in the center, a reserved circle, with a thin black glaze circle on the outer border, and in the middle, a small black glaze circle, with a dot in the center

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: 460–450 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: 2011.604.1.8732
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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