Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Marlay Painter

ca. 430 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, symposium (drinking party) Exterior, obverse and reverse, seated man and woman with phiale (libation bowl) While the execution is not refined, the composition of the cup is artful indeed. The interior is noteworthy for the use of the tondo as a porthole and for the frontal view of the symposiasts. The libation scene on each side of the exterior presents wine in a different context. Both the symposium and the libation were significant institutions in the life of an Athenian citizen.

Artist

Marlay Painter

Date

ca. 430 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941