Fragment of a terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Sakonides
3rd quarter of 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Exterior, bust of a woman Inscribed "Hail and drink this" The rendering of the woman's face and neck in glaze outline anticipates the red-figure technique, introduced about 530 B.C.
- Artist
- Sakonides
- Date
- 3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1951
