Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Not on view
Interior, youth with himation draped over his shoulders and his bent left arm, holding a lyre in his right hand; Obverse, draped youth bending to right, with his arm extended under his himation; filleted youth looking over his right shoulder, wearing a himation, holding a lyre in his left hand, and the plektron in his right; part of the torso and legs of a youth with a himation; handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, draped youth bending to right; draped youth with his right arm bent, holding a lyre in his hand; draped youth to left, leaning on a knobby stick; handle palmette with elongated central frond, and tendrils

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: second quarter of the 5th century 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: 2011.604.1.7985
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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