Terracotta fragment of a mastoid (drinking cup with narrow base)

late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Not on view
Hand of a figure holding a vine; youth to right with his right arm bent and his hand at his waist, with his left arm extended, and his chlamys draped over his left arm, holding a vine in his left hand; part of another male?

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a mastoid (drinking cup with narrow base)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: late 6th/early 5th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.3.1057
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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