Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, draped woman to right, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation; bent left arm, bit of lower back, left buttock, and feet of a draped male to left, leaning on a knobby stick; Obverse, lower body and feet of a draped woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation; lower torso and legs of Hermes wearing a chlamys, holding a kerykeion in his left hand; draped woman to left, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation, grasping her lower garment with her right hand; complete handle, with handle patch preserved to rim; below, a pair of addorsed palmettes with tendrils and lotuses; Reverse, winged woman to right, wearing a sakkos and chiton, with her arms extended in front of her, holding a fillet in between her two hands; arm and lower legs of a male; lower body of a draped woman, wearing a chiton and himation; a separate rim fragment has a tendril with a lotus
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 460–450 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: 2011.604.1.7975a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
3rd or 4th century BCE (?)
Attributed to Elbows Out
ca. 550–525 BCE
ca. 7th century BCE
On loan to The Met
Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
ca. 490–470 BCE
Greek or Italic
4th–1st century BCE
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