Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, part of the lower torso, genitals, and thighs of a woman to left holding her drapery in both hands (only her right forearm and hand are preserved); genitals and legs of a woman to right; to the right, part of an inscription, PAN[AITIOS]?; the tondo border is a complex right meander, interrupted by cross squares; Exterior of the largest fragment, left foot of a symposiast to right; legs and part of the chlamys of symposiast to left; part of the handle root; legs of a draped symposiast reclining on a kline; below the kline, on the ground, a skyphos, in silhouette; above the skyphos, part of an inscription, HO PAI[S KALOS]; exterior of the second fragment, part of the vessel and legs of a podanipter, in silhouette; a third fragment has the lower back and torso, the genitals, and part of the right buttock and thigh of a symposiast to right, with his himation draped around his back and wrists, holding a kylix in his right hand; a fourth fragment has a bit of drapery and part of a kline with a vessel (mouth and neck of a psykter?), in silhouette, underneath a kline
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (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: 2011.604.1.8783a–d
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Attic
480–470 BCE
Greek, Attic
480–470 BCE
Greek, Attic
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Greek, Attic
490 BCE
Hieron
Makron
ca. 480 BCE
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