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Terracotta kylix: Cassel cup (drinking cup)
Exterior, four bands of ornament
The Cassel cup is one of the secondary types of drinking cup developed in Athens just after the middle of the sixth century B.C. It is characterized by its small size and exterior decoration consisting entirely of friezes of ornament—in this case, tongues, ivy, laurel, and rays.
The Cassel cup is one of the secondary types of drinking cup developed in Athens just after the middle of the sixth century B.C. It is characterized by its small size and exterior decoration consisting entirely of friezes of ornament—in this case, tongues, ivy, laurel, and rays.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix: Cassel cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.248.16
- 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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