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Terracotta fragments of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)

last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Not on view
Interior, gorgoneion; Exterior, extended arm, seen under drapery, of a seated woman to right; in between a pair of eyes, a wreathed, draped male (Dionysos?) to right; draped woman to left, seated on a stool; start of handle root; below, dog running to right; bit of drapery from the figure to right, seated on a stool; in between a pair of eyes, the lower body and legs of a draped male to right; in the background, vines; a small second fragment has a bit of a vine and part of an eye?

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: last 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: 2011.604.3.1538a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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