Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)

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late 4th–3rd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Silver cups with medallions in low relief on the interior were favored luxury items in antiquity. Terracotta versions such as these suggest their appearance. One tondo shows the Eleusinian god Triptolemos in his snake-drawn chariot. The other cup features the head of Arethusa, taken from the reverse of a celebrated coin of Syracuse in Sicily. "Arethusa cups" were made and found principally in Campania.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 4th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Calenian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906