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Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

520–500 BCE
Not on view
Exterior, the largest fragment depicts the elbow and bent leg of a figure to right; a woman wearing a sakkos, chiton and himation, with her left arm bent and hand in front of her chest, and her right arm extended in front of her; wings, hindquarters and tail of a winged horse to right; a second rim fragment has part of the rail of a chariot?; in the field, drapery; wings and hindquarters of a winged horse to right; a third rim fragment depicts the head, neck, and part of a left wing of a winged horse to left; a fourth rim fragment has part of the wing of a horse; a fifth rim fragment depicts the face, neck, and upper torso of a woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation, with her left arm protruding from her garment; a sixth fragment depicts part of the hind legs and belly and two feathers from the wing of winged horse to right; a seventh fragment depicts the lower drapery of a figure; an eighth fragment, depicts part of a wing and the left half of the handle; three small fragments depict parts of wings

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 520–500 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: 2011.604.1.6145a–k
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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