Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Pistoxenos Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Interior, kithara player Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party) The decoration of the exterior is carefully placed. When the cup was suspended, the underside of the foot with the black band melded with the impression of the continuous couch on which the figures are reclining. A representation such as this one implies the homosexual relationships between men and youths that were part of an Athenian male's culture.
- Artist
- Pistoxenos Painter
- Date
- ca. 480–470 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Purchase by subscription, 1896
