Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)

Tleson Painter

ca. 550–540 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, siren Exterior, obverse and reverse, inscription: hail and drink well This thin, delicate kylix depicts a siren encircled by a tongue pattern. Traces of red and white paint remain on her wings and body.

Artist

Tleson Painter

Date

ca. 550–540 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918