Terracotta fragment of a kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Interior, in the center, a reserved circle, with four holes from ancient repairs; Obverse, start of the handle root, bit of a tendril from a handle palmette; part of the calves and feet of a draped male to right, wearing a himation; part of the wings, belly, and feet of a bird to right; part of a draped male to left, wearing a himation; handle palmette with tendrils; separating the bird and the draped males, mock inscriptions; Reverse, in the center, a bird, flanked by mock inscriptions; at the bottom right, part of the foot and himation of a male to left
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 3rd 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: 2011.604.4.3
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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