Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

490–470 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
Interior, part of bag hanging on wall?; Exterior, head, neck, part of upper torso, and bent right arm, with hand on head, of youth, to right; two javelins; draped male playing the aulos; goal post; palaistra scene; start of handle root and part of handle patch

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
  • Period: Late Archaic/Early Classical
  • Date: 490–470 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: 2011.604.1.6731
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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