Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, meander; Exterior, the largest rim fragment depicts, at the top left break, part of a draped figure?; to the right, a bearded man to left, wearing two garments, with his right arm bent, and his hand holding a stick; in the field, a vine; below, the back of a chair; part of a circumscribed palmette and tendrils; a second rim fragment depicts the tendrils and fronds of a handle palmette; a striped sceptre with a palmette finial?; woman wearing a chiton and himation with arms extended in front of her; branches of a palm tree; a third rim fragment depicts part of a circumscribed palmette; parts of two vines and a fluted column or drapery?; lower back and buttocks of a draped figure to right; a fourth rim fragment shows part of the handle patch and a circumscribed palmette; a fifth fragment depicts part of a handle palmette and two fronds; a sixth fragment shows part of a vine and the tendrils and part of the frond of a handle palmette; a seventh fragment shows, drapery, a tendril, and a palmette frond; start of handle root; an eighth fragment has the left half of the handle, part of the handle patch, and two fronds of a handle palmette
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 470–460 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: 2011.604.1.7708a–h
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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