Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)

Elbows Out

ca. 560–550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse and reverse, cockfight In the treatment of shapes as well as decoration, Attic vase-painting offers an endless array of permutations. Here the cockfight appears on a band-cup, which would have been used at a symposium (drinking party). This artist uses less detail than Tleson, for instance, yet he effectively characterized the birds' bulk and their eager heads.

Artist

Elbows Out

Date

ca. 560–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906