Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Obverse, filleted youth to right, with a himation, leaning on a knobby stick, with his right arm extended; bearded man to left, seen in three-quarter view from the back, leaning on a knobby stick, with his himation draped around his lower back and legs; to the right of the filleted youth's head, one letter of an inscription, A; Reverse, filleted youth to left, wearing a himation, with his left arm bent, and his right hand touching the top of his head, holding a staff in his left hand; above the filleted youth's head, part of an inscription, [HO PAI]S KAL[OS]
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 500–480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: 4 13/16 × 8 7/8 in. (12.2 × 22.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.2.1242
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
late 6th century BCE
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