Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, part of calf and foot of male to right; part of an inscription, [HO P]AIS [KA]L[OS]; Exterior, at the far left, toes and rim of shield of warrior to right; right half of handle and two palmettes and tendrils; arms, torso, and lower body of male holding a kylix in his left hand; wreathed youth, bending to left, with his left hand inside of a column krater; part of the upper torso and legs of youth with a himation draped over his extended left arm; a second fragment depicts the upper torso of a youth, seen from the back, his bent right arm, and part of his right thigh; part of a palmette and tendril; part of an inscription, on the larger fragment, HO [PA]IS; on the smaller fragment [KAL]O[S]
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 510–500 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: 2011.604.1.6076a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
late 6th century BCE
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