Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)

Unknown

ca. 530 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse and reverse, between the eyes, dancing women The Dionysiac iconography of drinking cups at the end of the sixth century B.C. includes the ornamental motifs as well as the figures. Here the irregular space around the handle is filled with a vine. On the large Nicosthenic cup nearby, the plant is ivy. The women most likely have some connection with the symposium (drinking party).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 530 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912