Terracotta fragments of a kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)

ca. 570 BCE

Not on view

a: the largest fragment, has at the rim, a dot net pattern; below, on the wall of the cup, part of the head, genitals, and bent left leg of a komast to right, holding a drinking horn, facing a second komast; part of the tendrils from the handle ornament; in the background, rosettes; b: at the rim, a dot net pattern; below, on the wall of the cup, part of a tendril from the handle ornament; at the right, part of a rosette; c: at the bottom left, feet of a komast to left; part of the palmette and tendril from the handle ornament; part of the right calf and foot of a komast to right; below, three black glazed lines and a band of rays; d: part of the palmette and tendril from the handle ornament; at the far right, heel of a komast to right; below, three black glazed lines and a band of rays

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Falmouth Painter [DvB]
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 570 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: 2011.604.4.4a–d
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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