Terracotta fragments of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
The larger fragment has, on the exterior, part of a draped figure to right, standing behind horses and a draped male to left, wearing a chiton and himation, seated on a stool; warrior to right, with a chlamys, round shield, spear, and greaved right leg; the second fragment has part of the helmet and round shield of a warrior to left; two draped, bearded males to right, in a chariot
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: third quarter of the 6th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.3.1895a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
mid-4th century BCE
Attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group
ca. 540–530 BCE
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