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Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Oedipus Painter
500–480 BCE
Not on view
Interior, left hand holding an unidentified object and calf and foot of a male to right; on the ground, a rock?; Obverse, satyr to left, pouring wine from a trefoil oinochoe into the kantharos of Dionysos, who is seated, and holding a thrysos in his left hand; satyr to left with his right arm extended in front of him and his left arm bent, with his hand holding a drinking horn; satyr with a frontal face, and his torso in three-quarter view, holding a tambourine in his left hand; part of a circumscribed palmette; Reverse, calf of a satyr?; calves and tail of a satyr to left; handle palmettes and tendrils below the complete handle; part of the handle patch preserved

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Oedipus Painter [DvB]
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 500–480 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: 2011.604.1.7023
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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