Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

470–460 BCE

Not on view

Interior, part of a draped symposiast reclining on a kline; behind the kline, resting against the wall, a knobby stick; Exterior of the largest fragment, symposiast with himation draped around upper left arm, elbow, waist, and legs, reclining on the ground, resting his back against two striped cushions; left hand and arm and part of torso of a second draped, reclining symposiast, holding a rhyton? in his left hand; a second fragment shows the head, neck, left shoulder, and frontal torso of a filleted symposiast reclining against a striped cushion; to the right, part of a draped symposiast; a third fragment depicts the back of the head, a bit of hair, chin, neck, right shoulder, extended right arm, frontal torso, and draped knee of a reclining symposiast; in the field, part of a lyre?; the fourth fragment shows part of the neck, right shoulder, part of the extended right arm, and frontal torso of a reclining symposiast; the fifth fragment shows knees or legs under drapery

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Tarquinia Painter [DvB]
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: 2011.604.1.7838a–e
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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