Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

ca. 500–475 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Interior, youth
Exterior, obverse and reverse, athletes

The better preserved side of the exterior shows two youths cleaning their bodies with a strigil. Suspended in the background are a strigil, sandals, and a sponge.

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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Antiphon Painter
Period: Late Archaic
Date: ca. 500–475 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); diameter 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896
Object Number: 96.18.67
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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